Friday, July 3, 2009

Little Bighorn National Monument, MT

*** WARNING: this post contains a smidgeon of lighthearted political commentary! Proceed at your own risk! ***

While in eastern Montana, I also stopped at the Little Bighorn National Monument, the site of Custer's last stand. Here's the hill where he met his famous demise:



The monument on the hill has the names of all the soldiers who died in the battle, include ol' George himself:



I was a little confused by this monument, as it essentially celebrates a guy for getting his ass kicked while he was attempting to forcefully remove Native Americans from their homeland.



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