Custer's Last Stand

Today is the 144th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn also known as Custer's Last Stand.

The lasting image I have when I think of Custer's Last Stand is the comic portrayal of Custer by Richard Mulligan in the greatly underrated movie Little Big Man.

My favorite historical oddity about the Battle of Little Big is the fact that the Battle also marks the death of George Custer's younger brother Thomas Custer. What's odd about that? Thomas Custer was one of the few two-time Congressional Medal of Honor winners in US history. Nobody remembers Thomas Custer though.

Custer's Last Stand

Today the 142nd anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn also known as Custer's Last Stand.

The lasting image I have when I think of Custer's Last Stand is the comic portrayal of Custer by Richard Mulligan in the greatly underrated movie Little Big Man.

My favorite historical oddity about the Battle of Little Big is the fact that the Battle also marks the death of George Custer's young brother Thomas Custer. What's odd about that? Thomas Custer was one of the few two-time Congressional Medal of Honor winners in US history. Nobody remembers Thomas Custer though.

EDIT: Damn! I posted this a day early! Mea culpa!

Custer's Last Stand

Today the 141st anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn also known as Custer's Last Stand.

The lasting image I have when I think of Custer's Last Stand is the comic portrayal of Custer by Richard Mulligan in the greatly underrated movie Little Big Man.

My favorite historical oddity about the Battle of Little Big is the fact that the Battle also marks the death of George Custer's young brother Thomas Custer. What's odd about that? Thomas Custer was one of the few two-time Congressional Medal of Honor winners in US history. Nobody remembers Thomas Custer though.

Custer's Last Stand

Yesterday was the 140th anniversary of the Battle of Little Bighorn also known as Custer's Last Stand.

The lasting image I have when I think of Custer's Last Stand is the comic portrayal of Custer by Richard Mulligan in the greatly underrated movie Little Big Man.

My favorite historical oddity about the Battle of Little Big is the fact that the Battle also marks the death of George Custer's young brother Thomas Custer. What's odd about that? Thomas Custer was one of the few two-time Congressional Medal of Honor winners in US history. Nobody remembers Thomas Custer though.

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Today would have been the 132nd anniversary of the Battle of Little Big Horn and the death of George Armstrong Custer. Perhaps my favorite movie about the battle is 1970's Little Big Man starring Dustin Hoffman and the always underrated Richard Mulligan as Custer. I also find it amusing to see people on IMDB talking about factual errors in the movie as if it was historical accurate and not a fantasy in the first place... Today would have been George Orwell's 105th birthday. Truth be told Orwell is probably disliked in the US for the simple fact that a few generations of American high school students have been forced to read either 1984 or Animal Farm and most were not ready to understand the genius of the works.... Happy National Catfish Day!. In honor of National Catfish Day here's some catfish noodling.