Mick'nSarah
Junior Ranger
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By car
Interstate 90, Exit 510 at Jct 212.
On our third day traveling, we were getting antsy (Montana is a really big state to drive across!), and decided we needed to make a stop. My mom had bought a National Parks Pass for us to use so we could pop into any National Park along the way (she bought it for a discount through AAA). We realized the Little Bighorn Battlefield was along the way, and we pulled over. Having been a person who has studied a lot of history from around the world, I have had more of a hankering lately about learning more about US history, and I remembered the basics from my middle school days.
This was Custers last stand.
This is where tribes came together to save their people and their way of life.
One thing I also found was, this place is amazing, and beautiful, and somber.
What I found most remarkable, is that each of the Native-American headstones, had the men's names on them. They knew who fell where. The headstones for the troop do not have names, and they have guessed where they fell, save Custer. He is the lone white headstone with a name.
This site has been extraordinary when it comes to artifacts and there is a section of the building devoted to showing both sides, what they wore, weapons, interviews, etc. The area that was built recently in honor of the tribes is really beautifully done, and the metal artwork you can look through, across the prairie is incredible.
I cant speak to the tour and the guides (the 3-year old was really getting over the top), but they do offer them at various points through the day.
It is really worth a stop.
At this same location is a military cemetery (reminiscent of Arlington, but on a much, much smaller scale).
By car
Interstate 90, Exit 510 at Jct 212.
On our third day traveling, we were getting antsy (Montana is a really big state to drive across!), and decided we needed to make a stop. My mom had bought a National Parks Pass for us to use so we could pop into any National Park along the way (she bought it for a discount through AAA). We realized the Little Bighorn Battlefield was along the way, and we pulled over. Having been a person who has studied a lot of history from around the world, I have had more of a hankering lately about learning more about US history, and I remembered the basics from my middle school days.
This was Custers last stand.
This is where tribes came together to save their people and their way of life.
One thing I also found was, this place is amazing, and beautiful, and somber.
What I found most remarkable, is that each of the Native-American headstones, had the men's names on them. They knew who fell where. The headstones for the troop do not have names, and they have guessed where they fell, save Custer. He is the lone white headstone with a name.
This site has been extraordinary when it comes to artifacts and there is a section of the building devoted to showing both sides, what they wore, weapons, interviews, etc. The area that was built recently in honor of the tribes is really beautifully done, and the metal artwork you can look through, across the prairie is incredible.
I cant speak to the tour and the guides (the 3-year old was really getting over the top), but they do offer them at various points through the day.
It is really worth a stop.
At this same location is a military cemetery (reminiscent of Arlington, but on a much, much smaller scale).