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Amid Victory Cries At Little Bighorn, A Few Tears for Custer.

Authors :
Fialka, John J.
Source :
Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition. 6/25/2003, Vol. 241 Issue 123, pA1. 0p.
Publication Year :
2003

Abstract

Focuses on a monument dedicated by the U.S. National Park Service at the site of the Battle of Little Bighorn in Montana, which honors Indians who were killed in the fighting. Reaction of some admirers of General George Armstrong Custer to the Indian memorial; Death of Custer during the battle, in which he and his cavalry fought the Sioux, Arapaho, and Cheyenne Indians; Observation that Custer was fighting to protect surveyors who were planning to build a railroad line across the northern U.S.; Way that the Custer Battlefield National Monument was renamed to Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument; Mention of the motion picture "They Died With Their Boots On," which starred Errol Flynn as General Custer.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00999660
Volume :
241
Issue :
123
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Wall Street Journal - Eastern Edition
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
10093406