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What does the year 1876 mean to you?
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George Custer got a little too big for his britches in June of that year.
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<< <i>Sitting Bull kicked Custer's a#$ >>
Several forumites are treating this as a joke but the American public though it was a major tragedy at the time. How would you feel if a unit of several hundred Marines were wiped out tomorrow in Afghanistan?
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to the middle of the river, knelt his horse and said " Sir the river is this deep Sir"
<< <i>Several forumites are treating this as a joke but the American public though it was a major tragedy at the time. How would you feel if a unit of several hundred Marines were wiped out tomorrow in Afghanistan? >>
Two different types of conflicts. In the current one which I support we are there for the support of the people of Afghanistan. Not to conquer or eradicate them. As opposed to the indian wars in which we conquered and basically eradicated a whole nation (actually many nations) Most other wars this nation was engaged in I supported both as a voter and as former military
the reservation for the peace of all the people as a whole. Custer and his men lost their lives in a valiant yet audacious attempt to bring them in.
No more no less. Their loss was not in vain, the cry to put a stop to this madness did not go unheaded and it wasn't long before the renegades were
put in submission.
As far as irradicating nations, the native americans spent their time killing and looting one anothers tribes for hundreds of years on this continent
as enjoyment and revenge and it was time some new form of government was created that would halt such travesties from continually occuring to their
families and friends. The Civil war was not kind but it seems to appear to have been necessatated in order to cure another ailment of disunity and slavery
of which it did both. No Cryng here, both needed to be done and I for one am Proud to be an American and have no shame or ill will toward any of our
expansionism. We are not imperialist and have not had nor yet harbor any inclinations of world domination.
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<< <i>It was the end of reconstruction. >>
I was under the impression that reconstruction ended in 1877....
<< <i>George Custer got a little too big for his britches in June of that year. >>
That was my first thought!!
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<< <i>George Custer got a little too big for his britches in June of that year. >>
That was my first thought!!
Yep, well said.
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That was the month and year that my father had his third birthday. Grandfather had his 55th birthday in the following August.
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<< <i>Sitting Bull kicked Custer's a#$ >>
Several forumites are treating this as a joke but the American public though it was a major tragedy at the time. How would you feel if a unit of several hundred Marines were wiped out tomorrow in Afghanistan? >>
Chill brother, nobody is saying anything about the troops. Custer had a cavalier attitude and had his eyes on the presidency and was hoping to make a name for himself by settling the Indian problem out west. He was warned by his scouts about what was waiting for him but he didn't listen and paid a heavy price.
I'll even answer your question. If several hundred Marines were wiped out tomorrow in Afghanistan because of the stupidity of a commander who had political ambitions. I would be mad as hell and I certainly wouldn't give the commander a free pass the way history has to George Armstrong Custer.
I think of the Statue of Liberty with its arm open to the public at the Centennial Expo. And electric light and the telephone too.
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Eric
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<< <i>Thoughts? >>
Means 100 years before the greatest discovery. Me!
From the proclomation of independance and the birth of an "official" nation, to the struggles with commerce, war, property and famine ... to the civil war in all of its horrible, soul seering consequences ... to a nation that was starting to rebound again ... finishing the first one hundred and pressing on towards the next.
The year makes me think of how important the first 100 years were to America, and all of the important and even trivial events that took place during that time.
For the comments regarding Custer, I paste the text from Curly for reconsideration, as it is the best stated summary I could hope to see
Chill brother, nobody is saying anything about the troops. Custer had a cavalier attitude and had his eyes on the presidency and was hoping to make a name for himself by settling the Indian problem out west. He was warned by his scouts about what was waiting for him but he didn't listen and paid a heavy price.
I'll even answer your question. If several hundred Marines were wiped out tomorrow in Afghanistan because of the stupidity of a commander who had political ambitions. I would be mad as hell and I certainly wouldn't give the commander a free pass the way history has to George Armstrong Custer.
IMHO, we might all be very thankful for the outcome, despite the fact we lost a number of good men that day. Custer could have had a very bad influence on our history had he survived and returned triumphantly
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“My friend, I do not blame you for this. Had I listened to you this trouble would not have happened to me. I was not hostile to the white men. Sometimes my young men would attack the Indians who were their enemies and took their ponies. They did it in return. We had buffalo for food, and their hides for clothing and for our tepees. We preferred hunting to a life of idleness on the reservation, where we were driven against our will. At times we did not get enough to eat and we were not allowed to leave the reservation to hunt. We preferred our own way of living. We were no expense to the government. All we wanted was peace and to be left alone. Soldiers were sent out in the winter, they destroyed our villages. The "Long Hair" [Custer] came in the same way. They say we massacred him, but he would have done the same thing to us had we not defended ourselves and fought to the last. Our first impulse was to escape with our squaws and papooses, but we were so hemmed in that we had to fight. After that I went up on the Tongue River with a few of my people and lived in peace. But the government would not let me alone. Finally, I came back to the Red Cloud Agency. Yet, I was not allowed to remain quiet. I was tired of fighting. I went to the Spotted Tail Agency and asked that chief and his agent to let me live there in peace. I came here with the agent [Lee] to talk with the Big White Chief but was not given a chance. They tried to confine me. I tried to escape, and a soldier ran his bayonet into me. I have spoken.
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Just six years after the treaty was signed gold was discovered in the Black Hills. Miners swarmed into the Sioux territory. Many Indians gathered into the camp of Sitting Bull. They danced the Sun Dance for many days. Sitting Bull danced until he had to be carried to his teepee. Sitting Bull dreamed the Bluecoats were falling from the sky into the Indians' camp. In the dream he saw the Indians win. His dream came true when General George Crook came into the Rosebud Valley with a thousand men. The white men were defeated.
Sitting Bull then moved the Indians to the valley of Little Big Horn River. Eight days later the Bluecoats attacked at Little Big Horn. The battle was led by Colonel Custer. In a very short time Colonel George A. Custer and all his men were dead. "
http://www.mce.k12tn.net/indians/famous/sitting_bull.htm
Seems like all was well until the discovery of gold.
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I hear ya!
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<< <i>Maybe by 2076 Americans will be so self-loathing and give back the country to the left over Indian Nations, issue a tri-centennial coin commemorating the handover and everything will be perfect and just.
...and now we are here. How in the world did we get to this point? I'm done with this thread.
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The introduction of the Winchester Model 1876 "Centennial Model" repeating rifle. Originally chambered in .45-75 WCF.
Basically a larger framed, more powerful version of the famous Model '73 Winchester.
<< <i>I think of the Statue of Liberty with its arm open to the public at the Centennial Expo. >>
The Statue of Liberty was erected in 1886. Was there a different Statue of Liberty at the Centennial Expo?
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