Sometimes to get remembered in history, you need a great publicist. This weekend marks the 147th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn—also known as ‘Custer’s Last Stand’—a chapter in U.S.
This Day in History. Today is known as Victory Day among many Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho people. On this day—June 25, 1876—the Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples united to overcome, defeat and ...
Bruce Smith of Norco, a Civil War Union cavalry reenactor, will present “The Battle of Trevilian Station, Custer’s First Last Stand” when the Inland Empire Civil War Round Table meets 6:30 p.m.
On June 25th and 26th, 1876, the face of the American West and military history forever changed. The Battle of Little Bighorn, also known as Custer’s Last Stand, was a turning point battle in which ...
There was a time when every American child knew of Custer s Last Stand, said Paul Hutton, a distinguished professor of history at the University of New Mexico and a Little Bighorn expert. For ...
“The Sioux say this officer was the bravest man they had ever fought.” — Sioux Chief Red Horse, 1881. “History is not history unless it is the truth.” — Abraham Lincoln, 1856. We’ve all heard the ...
‘Custer’s Last Stand,’ an 1899 oil-on-canvas painting by Edgar Samuel Paxson, depicts the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana from the point of view of the U.S. Army’s 7th Cavalry Regiment, led by Lt.
HARDIN, Mont. - The annual re-enactment of Custer's Last Stand will be Friday through Sunday, June 21-23, in Hardin. Dusty Webb, founder of the Old West Living History Foundation, is executive ...
Like everything else about General George Custer, his martyrdom was shrouded in controversy and contradictions. The final act of his larger-than-life career played out on a grand stage with a ...