Chris Hedges: How George Armstrong Custer Became a Martyr Used to Justify Genocide and US Imperialism

Trail of Tears

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Dandelion Salad

with Chris Hedges

TheRealNews on Sep 16, 2022

Custer became in death a martyr to the American empire. He was in popular mythology the last to die in the battle, a symbol of martial valor, although there is scant evidence for this assertion.

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