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Dave_W

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The last of the great Indian fighters. (Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument)


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Dave_W

The Dude
Phillydog1958 said:
Good one, Dave. Are those graves of "Unknown" soldiers? I noticed that there didn't seem to be a name on the one on the far right.
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Yeah, it seems like about half of the markers have "unknown soldier 7th Calvary" on it. What's amazing about this place is that it's pretty much exactly the way it was back on June 25, 1876. You can easily imagine the troop movements and where the Sioux village was and the valleys that Custer's men tried to use to escape. And then on Last Stand Hill you can see exactly how the end came about. It's an amazing place to visit, especially before the crowds get there and you can spend time pondering. The GSA did a very good job of placing panels at specific places that really helps you see what was going on that day.

Here's the back side of "Last Stand Hill", as the attack intensified, Custer's men shot their horses at that top of the hill and steadily move down from the crest as the attack intensified to ultimately fall where you now see the markers.

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The black marker is where they found Custer's body.


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Phillydog1958

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Dave_W said:
Yeah, it seems like about half of the markers have "unknown soldier 7th Calvary" on it. What's amazing about this place is that it's pretty much exactly the way it was back on June 25, 1876. You can easily imagine the troop movements and where the Sioux village was and the valleys that Custer's men tried to use to escape. And then on Last Stand Hill you can see exactly how the end came about. It's an amazing place to visit, especially before the crowds get there and you can spend time pondering. The GSA did a very good job of placing panels at specific places that really helps you see what was going on that day.

Here's the back side of "Last Stand Hill", as the attack intensified, Custer's men shot their horses at that top of the hill and steadily move down from the crest as the attack intensified to ultimately fall where you now see the markers.

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The black marker is where they found Custer's body.


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Yea, I get a similar feeling whenever I visit a historically-significant graveyard or a battlefield, where men are buried and/or died. I felt that way at Gettysburg and Valley Forge, PA.
 
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RON_RIP

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I am reminded about the old story of the scientist who first saw a new universe inside a drop of water. Your second photo looks like a far away star in a galaxy far, far away. Thank you for the look at that distant star.
 
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