The story American students are generally taught is that “in one of the most decisive battles in American history,” Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and more than 200 men from five ...
No mail delivery, government offices closed for federal holiday. Restaurants, retail open with freebees offered to vets ...
The man who started it all was a career soldier named George Armstrong Custer. Custer had already gained a reputation for getting into trouble. He graduated from West Point last in his class.
In fact, the only person who it doesn’t insult is Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer, exactly the person who most deserved to be insulted.
For some survivors of Sand Creek, history repeated itself when on November 27, 1868, Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer led a surprise attack on their camp by the Washita River in what is now Oklahoma.
They had a notable success against General George Armstrong Custer and his troops ... who worked briefly at Rushmore, to carve a memorial to the Sioux nation in the Black Hills.
There have been better players who have played for one of the NHL's most tradition-steeped franchises, but none was Armstrong's equal when it came to being a leader of men. There have been better ...
In a tribute to a local hockey legend, the Garson Community Centre and Arena has been renamed the George Armstrong Community Centre and Arena. The mayor of Greater Sudbury, along with Armstrong's ...
Political columnist George Skelton has covered government and politics for 60 years and for The Times since 1974. He has been a Times political writer and editor in Los Angeles, Sacramento bureau ...
While Memorial Day honors those who gave their ... Fort Custer was named after General George Armstrong Custer, a native of the state of Michigan. The original Camp Custer was built in 1917 ...