Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Battlefield memorial in Montana, site of 1876 Battle of Little Bighorn
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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
45.5703° N, -107.4275° E
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Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument preserves the site of the June 25 and 26, 1876, Battle of the Little Bighorn, near Crow Agency, Montana, in the United States. It also serves as a memorial to those who fought in the battle: George Armstrong Custer's 7th Cavalry and a combined Lakota-Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho force. Custer National Cemetery, on the battlefield, is part of the national monument. The site of the connected military action led by Marcus Reno and Frederick Benteen is also part of the National Monument, but is about 3 miles (4.83 km) southeast of the main site.
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Sanderson burial mound and report
April 7, 1879
Battle of the Little Bighorn
June 25–26, 1876
Unknown Lakota warrior marker placed
June 25, 2003
Granite memorial erected on Last Stand Hill
July 1881
Marble markers replacement
1890
First red granite warrior markers placed
Memorial Day, 1999
Indian Memorial construction
2001003
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