The actual monument with the names is not a towering monument, maybe 16 feet, counting the base. The overall monument is several hundred acres and includes two battle sites. To enjoy the monument, I suggest an hour in the visitor center, 20 minutes at the pillar, and at least 2 hours for the rest of the monument. Do things in that order and then stop at the restaurant and gift shop across Highway 212. Try the Indian fry bread. If you want to make a day of it, ask how to get to the Rosebud battlefield.
I live in the area and in my mind the whole of the battlefield and its historical understandings really become the monument..true the formal creation where names are identified is a focal point but that part is the tip of the iceberg so to speak...
Correct Chris, you don't go there for the monument, you go there for the story.
The monument itself is not that large it's large enough to contain all the names of the men who died with Custer on that Hill. You can definitely read all the names of the men on the monument from outside of the fenced-in area. The Only Name not on the monument perhaps is the name of Corporal Foley.
Check their website.
Should be around 15 feet from the Base. However it's just not the monument, it's the entire place which tells the story.
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