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Contact: Marvin Dawes, (406) 638-3217
In honor of America’s veterans, active duty personnel, and casualties from our nation’s wars, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument will host a Memorial Day program at the Visitor Center on Monday, May 30, 2022 at 11:00 A.M. The program includes a keynote speaker, as well as posting of the colors by the Hardin American Legion Post #8.In preparation for Memorial Day, each grave of the approximately 5,000 persons interred at Custer National Cemetery will be decorated with a small American flag by students from Pretty Eagle Catholic School and Lodge Grass Elementary School on Thursday, May 26th. More information about the cemetery, as well as a register of interments, is available at the visitor center. Memorial floral decorations are encouraged at Custer National Cemetery gravesites, but must be removed by the following Monday, June 6th.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument administers the site of one of the most famous battles in American history, the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Interpretive ranger programs are offered at the visitor center daily during the summer. For more information, please call (406) 638-3217.
Last updated: April 23, 2025