Karla's Blog

July 18, 2021

Along the way we stopped to see The Little Bighorn Memorial. I am not a history buff and, aside from hearing the words occasionally, I knew nothing about the battle that the monument memorializes. Here’s a brief description from history.com.

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, fought on June 25, 1876, near the Little Bighorn River in Montana Territory, pitted federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer (1839-76) against a band of Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. Tensions between the two groups had been rising since the discovery of gold on Native American lands. When a number of tribes missed a federal deadline to move to reservations, the U.S. Army, including Custer and his 7th Cavalry, was dispatched to confront them. Custer was unaware of the number of Indians fighting under the command of Sitting Bull (c.1831-90) at Little Bighorn, and his forces were outnumbered and quickly overwhelmed in what became known as Custer’s Last Stand.

This is a picture of Sitting Bull and Lieutenant Colonel Custer. Neither look very happy. I wonder why :-\

I felt very sad and emotional at this place and tears began to fall at the thought of what took place. From what we read, both sides did horrible things and the result was devastating. Many people are buried at this place.

I HATE WAR.

To be continued . . .