Yes! Loved your last line, referring to the twisted history of the monument to Custer, who did what? Killed people who could have taught us a thing or two: "the worship of the Creator."
I love to listen or read anything by Garrison Keillor and was a fan of the weekly broadcast from inception to the final broadcast. This podcast was not my favorite. If you can't say anything good about a person... you know the rest.. A.J Kalan
Any kind of serious and sophisticated study of history goes beyond mere collection of facts to involve historiography, and the historian's point of view.
I’ve been to the Little Bighorn Battlefield. I like the way they have erected monuments to the Natives. That they died to save their families and their culture. It think that is important.
Having recently moved to Virginia I'm constantly mystified by the worship of defeated generals who fought for the preservation of slavery and the cause of white supremacy.
I read that Custer scented his golden hair with cinnamon oil and was very invested in his appearance. Why does this sound familiar? Is another last stand approaching?
My take on The Greasy Grass: it was the Gettysburg of the Indian War. The high water mark of the losing side, except unlike the rebels, the natives won. In an unfortunate accident of bad timing, news of Golden Hair’s death arrived in Philadelphia during the nation’s centennial birthday celebration of July 4, 1876, attended by hundreds of national leaders, who immediately called for merciless unconditional war against all natives as retribution. The site marks an important milestone in the whole sordid story, and should be preserved, not to glorify the battle, but to tell the story of the genocide.
In terms of pure military history, it serves to illustrate why you don’t divide your forces when you don’t have perfect information on the disposition of the enemy. Every West Pointer should go there before accepting their commission.
I don't think there is much to worry about on what will happen to his library. Mar-A-Lago sits on a man made sandbar only a couple of feet above the sea level. In 50 years, with global warming, it will surely be underwater.
Good afternoon, Garrison: In somewhat the same stupidity of thinking today, our town just demolished a very good old home to make way for progress. No consideration was given to the possibility of repurposing the wood, or artifacts of this structure. Stupid people are an absolute of the human condition it would seem. Today's wood is much less the quality of the wood in that house which may date back 100 years when the wood was harvested which might be 100 years after the tree began to grow. That old wood, now a pile of trash, can never be produced again, but it could be saved. rr
Yes! Loved your last line, referring to the twisted history of the monument to Custer, who did what? Killed people who could have taught us a thing or two: "the worship of the Creator."
I love to listen or read anything by Garrison Keillor and was a fan of the weekly broadcast from inception to the final broadcast. This podcast was not my favorite. If you can't say anything good about a person... you know the rest.. A.J Kalan
Any kind of serious and sophisticated study of history goes beyond mere collection of facts to involve historiography, and the historian's point of view.
There is absolutely nothing good to say about Donald Trump.
I’ve been to the Little Bighorn Battlefield. I like the way they have erected monuments to the Natives. That they died to save their families and their culture. It think that is important.
Having recently moved to Virginia I'm constantly mystified by the worship of defeated generals who fought for the preservation of slavery and the cause of white supremacy.
Wow, a kicker from someone who knows how and when to kick.
Thank you for this. A park for spiritual awakening and growth is a brilliant idea.
Thank you for making this a podcast, Garrison. I love to listen to you and learn history that I missed.
Thank you. Is this the history that is also being erased from texts by Moms of (or is it “for”, falsely?) Liberty?
And if deportations occur, won’t pretty much all of us be returned to our ancestors homelands? I don’t think I can learn Lithuanian at nearly 78.
I wholeheartedly agree.
I read that Custer scented his golden hair with cinnamon oil and was very invested in his appearance. Why does this sound familiar? Is another last stand approaching?
You are 100
Well Garrison for all his wit and brilliance comes off like a woke 12th grader trying to ban his high school mascot.
A well placed comma or two would help this sentence, but it would still be wrong.
Further musings from a grade school English teacher in Lake Wokebegone.
Amen
My take on The Greasy Grass: it was the Gettysburg of the Indian War. The high water mark of the losing side, except unlike the rebels, the natives won. In an unfortunate accident of bad timing, news of Golden Hair’s death arrived in Philadelphia during the nation’s centennial birthday celebration of July 4, 1876, attended by hundreds of national leaders, who immediately called for merciless unconditional war against all natives as retribution. The site marks an important milestone in the whole sordid story, and should be preserved, not to glorify the battle, but to tell the story of the genocide.
In terms of pure military history, it serves to illustrate why you don’t divide your forces when you don’t have perfect information on the disposition of the enemy. Every West Pointer should go there before accepting their commission.
I don't think there is much to worry about on what will happen to his library. Mar-A-Lago sits on a man made sandbar only a couple of feet above the sea level. In 50 years, with global warming, it will surely be underwater.
And what will be lost - his books on deep sales? Maybe the newly offered watches?
Or the $100 silver coins that only have $20 worth of silver in them!
Good afternoon, Garrison: In somewhat the same stupidity of thinking today, our town just demolished a very good old home to make way for progress. No consideration was given to the possibility of repurposing the wood, or artifacts of this structure. Stupid people are an absolute of the human condition it would seem. Today's wood is much less the quality of the wood in that house which may date back 100 years when the wood was harvested which might be 100 years after the tree began to grow. That old wood, now a pile of trash, can never be produced again, but it could be saved. rr