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Post by Diane Merkel on Feb 7, 2006 13:39:04 GMT -6
The Monroe County Historical Museum has a General G. A. Custer Exhibit. Housed on the second floor of the Monroe County Historical Museum is one of the nation’s largest public exhibits on General George Armstrong Custer. Custer was born in Ohio, but attended school in Monroe and married Elizabeth Bacon, the daughter of a prominent local judge.
The exhibit traces General Custer's genealogy and birth, his association with Monroe, his West Point experience, his Civil War victories, and his ultimate demise at the Little Big Horn. Custer’s interests in outdoor life, travel, target shooting, hunting, and taxidermy are highlighted.
The effect of Custer and his legend can be seen in displays showing the efforts of Civil War veterans to memorialize him, and through the life and works of his beautiful widow, who remained steadfast to his memory until her death at age 91. The rest of the Custer family is not forgotten, as they have remained a fixture among Monroe’s military families until after World War II. See www.co.monroe.mi.us/monroe/default.aspx?Pageid=42 for location and hours.
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Post by saylerscreek on Mar 14, 2006 12:27:31 GMT -6
Hi I will be visiting Michigan and wish to tour Monroe
and find the bacon house, the museum, the farm.
Anything else I should try to see?
Need addresses or directions to find the above. I've been a member of the LBHA for a long time
Tom Custer saylerscreek@comcast.net
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Post by Diane Merkel on Mar 14, 2006 23:48:02 GMT -6
The Bacon house and the farm are privately owned by LBHA members. I know that people often knock on their doors without warning, hoping for a tour. I'm sure you would respect their privacy, but this is a good opportunity to ask everyone to refrain from barging in on the current owners. Both places are homes, not museums.
I would start at the Monroe Museum. There is a booklet that was distributed at one of the Great Lakes Regional Conferences that was essentially a walking tour of Custer-related places of interest. They may have it for sale there. You'll want to see the Custer statue and the church where GAC and Libbie were married.
Have fun!
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Post by Diane Merkel on Apr 30, 2006 8:24:12 GMT -6
Monroe rich in history
Monroe also hopes to attract history buffs by its status as the childhood home of someone else with a notorious loss in American history -- Gen. George Armstrong Custer.
Custer was a celebrated cavalry leader who, while fighting Indians on the frontier, led his entire regiment to death by attacking a much larger group of Sioux and Cheyenne at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana in 1876.
Monroe celebrates the Civil War hero with an annual Custer Week, a monument in the heart of a city and a museum that has the second-largest collection of Custer memorabilia. This article is principally about the River Raisin battle of the War of 1812 which occurred in Monroe: www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060430/METRO/604300362/1003
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Post by YellowRose on May 2, 2006 16:35:33 GMT -6
Thanks, Diane, for the information about Monroe, I hope to visit there some day. The Michigan state archives have a nice article about a reunion of the River Raisin Massacre veterans that GAC attended on June 15, 1871 with his father, Emmanuel. It includes a photo of GAC and all those "grand old warriors." Here it is: tinyurl.com/grfoo Best wishes Please forgive the intrusion, but I wanted to make it a working link. Good article, YellowRose! -- DM
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Post by Diane Merkel on Oct 1, 2006 9:54:47 GMT -6
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Post by harpskiddie on Oct 2, 2006 0:20:18 GMT -6
And don't forget the Dr. Lawrence Frost Collection, also housed at the Library and available for research by prior arrangement.
Gordie
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Post by Hostler on Oct 6, 2006 17:54:54 GMT -6
Diane,
Sitting Bull's great-grandson at Libbie's house in Monroe? Incredible!!!! Think of the significance. I don't know how you come up with these articles but thank you!
Regards, Hostler
P.S. do you suppose the folks who live there hear distant tom-toms in the dark of night?
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Post by Diane Merkel on Oct 6, 2006 17:59:47 GMT -6
I'm not sure about the tom-toms, but I wouldn't be surprised if they hear other things going bump in the night!
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Post by Diane Merkel on Mar 11, 2016 10:03:11 GMT -6
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Post by tubman13 on Mar 11, 2016 13:46:53 GMT -6
Visited the museum in 2008, well worth the visit!
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