Last stands at Little Bighorn. (Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana)(Western Wanderings) From: Sunset | Date: June 1, 1996| Author: Fish, Peter | COPYRIGHT 1996 Sunset Publishing Corp. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

George Armstrong Custer's last stand on Jun. 25, 1876 is remembered every year at the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument. Reenactments of the battle are held in Hardin and on Hank and Kennard Real Bird's ranch.

The Montana morning promises heat. An American flag hangs at half-mast. Crickets drone. One hundred twenty years ago today, on a June afternoon also said to be hot, George Armstrong Custer and his men lay dying on this hillside overlooking the Little Bighorn River....

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