Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Historic Marker

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

📍 Garryowen, Big Horn County🧭 45.52657, -107.41696
Military & Wars

Marker Inscription

On this site in 1876 the historic Battle of the Little Big Horn began.

“When we stand side by side in the circle of no beginning and no ending, the first maker, creator of all things, is in the center. He hears the words of supplication and blesses us with his infinite love which is ‘peace’ itself.”

Joe Medicine Crow, Ph.D.

“High Bird” – Dagak Bako

Crow tribal Historian

Grandson of Custer’s Last Scout

Whiteman Runs Him

Forward Marker

Here rests in honored glory an

American soldier known but to God.

Member of Reno’s command found near river, June 1926

Erected 1995 by Custer Battlefield Museum, Inc.

Further reading

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier — full narrativeTomb of the Unknown Soldier

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