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Photographer: Mike Wintermantel
Taken: December 21, 2014
Caption: Custer Monument - Interpretive Display
Additional Description: Panel 5 - caption 4
Courtesy of the Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
Mrs. Custer, 1900
Married on February 9, 1864, at the First Presbyterian Church in Monroe, Michigan, Libbie remained a constant and close supporter of her husband throughout their married life. Through 57 years of widowhood, Libbie defended her Autie's reputation. In 1908, at age 67, she toured Europe, and young women still noticed, with jealous eyes, that gentlemen turned their heads and vied for her company when she entered a room. Death came on April 6, 1933, and she was laid to rest by the side of the general at West Point.
Submitted: December 22, 2014, by Mike Wintermantel of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Database Locator Identification Number: p296008
File Size: 2.681 Megabytes

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