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From Custer to Radioactive Death
Karl Grossman - Harvey WasseThe Battle of the Little Bighorn came as a complete shock to white America. Today we must worry about an even greater shock with an essentially infinite radioactive death toll.The stunning defeat of General George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry came on the Great Plains at the hands of the Lakota warrior-chiefs Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse on June 25, 1876, 150 years ago this week.
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Smithsonian Magazine
· Jun 24, 2026
A Century and a Half After Custer's Last Stand, the Battle of Little Bighorn Continues to Mystify
The June 1876 firefight resulted in the deaths of George Armstrong Custer and 267 of his men. Historians continue to debate exactly how the Lakota Sioux and the Northern Cheyenne secured their victory over the U.S. Army
Mises Institute
· Jun 25, 2026
On Little Bighorn Anniversary, Remember Custer’s Crimes
The famed Custer's Last Stand at the hands of Native Americans defending their villages is a reminder of the brutality of the US war against the Plains Indians. History tells us that the heroic George Armstrong Custer was really the reckless Custer who died underestimating his foe.
War on the Rocks
· Jun 25, 2026
The Importance of the Battle of the Little Bighorn
On June 25, 1876, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer and an entire battalion of the 7th Cavalry Regiment rode to their deaths and into American legend on the ridges north of Montana’s Little Bighorn River. The battle was decided in a few hours. Its meaning remains contested 150 years later.Little Bighorn stands alongside Yorktown, Gettysburg, and D-Day in the pantheon of iconic American battles. But it is a curious addition there, in that it was a small engagement, fought by just a few hundred men on a compact piece of terrain. More curiously still, it was a loss. Not just The post The Importance of the Battle of the Little Bighorn appeared first on War on the Rocks.
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· Jun 26, 2026
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Related coverage for "From Custer to Radioactive Death": Smithsonian Magazine — A Century and a Half After Custer's Last Stand, the Battle of Little Bighorn Continues to Mystify. Mises Institute — On Little Bighorn Anniversary, Remember Custer’s Crimes. War on the Rocks — The Importance of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Free Press — From Little Big Horn To Georgia Gerrymandering To MN ICE, To "Servant Of The People"... To Pleonexia. WDBQ – 1490 AM – Dubuque — An Iowans Escape to Wyoming: Summiting Medicine Bow Peak. Wonkette — Is Mitch McConnell Dead? A Wonkvestigation!