137 years ago

[Durango Flinthart]

Please Mr. Custer I don't wanna go!
268 bodies on a Montana plain
"Oh, how white they look, how white"

[flyingcollie]

?? What's to say now, after all this time, except that like yerself, Durango, for some reason every June 25th, my thoughts turn to ol' George "The Boy General" and his ill-fated command.

How time flies. When I was small, on the 80th anniversary, there were still a few folks around who recalled hearing the news of Custer's defeat, when they had been very small.

[Trailrider]

And 63 years ago, the North Koreans came across the 38th Parallel.   

We are ambushed and surrounded, Sgt Flynn!
In the face of sure disaster,
Keep those carbines firing faster,
For the 7th Cavalry and Gary Owen.

Garry Own, Gary Owen,
In the valley of Montana all alone!
There are better days to be
for the 7th Cavalry,
When we charge again for
dear old Gary Owen!