Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument preserves the site of the June 25, 1876,
Battle of the Little Bighorn, near
Crow Agency, Montana, in the
United States. It also serves as a memorial to those who fought in the battle:
George Armstrong Custer's
7th Cavalry and a combined
Lakota-
Northern Cheyenne and
Arapaho force.
Custer National Cemetery, on the battlefield, is part of the
national monument. The site of a related military action led by
Marcus Reno and
Frederick Benteen is also part of the national monument, but is about three miles (5 km) southeast of the Little Bighorn battlefield.
