Little Big Horn Battlefield National Monument - August 2019
One of the more somber national monuments you will ever visit. It's hard to describe the sadness and quiet of this remote area of grasslands in Montana. The entrance to the monument leads to the graves of the fallen soldiers.....rows and rows of white crosses. While driving the 4 1/2 mile road through the battlefield, you see where soldiers died (white grave makers) and also Indian warriors (red markers). Although most of the warriors were moved and buried elsewhere after the Battle. Everyone visiting talks in whispered voices adding to the sadness, there is no laughter or joy. We the children of the 1950's know this as Custer's Last Stand - while the Plains Indians refer to it as the Battle of the Greasy Grass. The Battle of Little Big Ho...