Editing George Armstrong Custer (section)

==Monuments and memorials==
[[File:Where custer fell little big horn.jpg|thumb|right|Marker indicating where Custer fell on "Last Stand Hill" during [[Battle of the Little Bighorn]] – [[Crow Agency, Montana]]]]
[[File:Custer Monument New Rumley OH.jpg|thumb|right|Custer Memorial at his birthplace in [[New Rumley, Ohio]]]]
[[File:Custerstatue.jpg|thumb|[[Monroe, Michigan]], Custer's childhood home, unveiled the [[George Armstrong Custer Equestrian Monument]] in 1910]]

* Counties are named in Custer's honor in six states: [[Custer County, Colorado|Colorado]], [[Custer County, Idaho|Idaho]] (which is named for the General Custer Mine, which was named for Custer), [[Custer County, Montana|Montana]], [[Custer County, Nebraska|Nebraska]], [[Custer County, Oklahoma|Oklahoma]], and [[Custer County, South Dakota|South Dakota]]. 
*[[Custer Township (disambiguation)|Townships]] in Illinois, Michigan, and Minnesota were named for Custer. 
*Other municipalities named after Custer include the [[Village (United States)|villages]] of [[Custer, Michigan]], and [[Custar, Ohio]]; the city of [[Custer, South Dakota]], and [[Custer City, Oklahoma]]; and the unincorporated town of [[Custer, Wisconsin]]. 
* [[Custer National Cemetery]] is within [[Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument]], the site of Custer's death.
* The [[George Armstrong Custer Equestrian Monument]] of Custer, by [[Edward Clark Potter]], was erected in [[Monroe, Michigan]], Custer's boyhood home, in 1910.
* [[Fort Custer Training Center|Fort Custer National Military Reservation]], near [[Augusta, Michigan]], was built in 1917 on 130 parcels of land, as part of the military mobilization for [[World War I]]. During the war, some 90,000 troops passed through Camp Custer. <!--Invalid Security Certificate [https://web.archive.org/web/20090105151318/https://www.mi.ngb.army.mil/ftcuster/default.asp] -->
* The establishment of [[Fort Custer National Cemetery]] (originally Fort Custer Post Cemetery) took place on September 18, 1943, with the first interment. On Memorial Day 1982, more than 33 years after the first resolution had been introduced in Congress, impressive ceremonies marked the official opening of the cemetery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cem.va.gov/CEMs/nchp/ftcuster.asp |title=Fort Custer National Cemetery |publisher=United States Department of Veterans Affairs |access-date=December 22, 2008}}</ref>
* Custer Hill is the main troop billeting area at [[Fort Riley]], [[Kansas]]. Custer's 1866 residence on the post has been preserved and is currently maintained as the Custer House Museum and meeting space (also sometimes referred to as [[Custer Home]]).
* The [[85th Infantry Division (United States)|85th Infantry Division]] was nicknamed The Custer Division.
* The Black Hills of South Dakota are replete with evidence of Custer, with a county, town, and [[Custer State Park]] all located in the area.
*A prominent mountain peak in the Black Hills bears his name.{{citation needed|date=December 2015}}
* The [[Fort Abraham Lincoln#Custer House|Custer house]] at [[Fort Abraham Lincoln]], near present-day [[Mandan, North Dakota]], has been reconstructed as it was in Custer's day, along with the soldiers' barracks, block houses, and more. Annual re-enactments are held of Custer's 7th Cavalry's leaving for the Little Bighorn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Custer%27s+last+policy:+General+George+Custer%27s+life+insurance+policy+...-a0154692038 |title=Custer's last policy: General George Custer's life insurance policy is now on display at the fort he called home before the Battle of Little Bighorn.|website=The Free Library |date=November 1, 2006 |access-date=November 4, 2010}}</ref>
* On July 2, 2008, a marble monument to Brigadier General Custer was dedicated at the site of the 1863 Civil War [[Battle of Hunterstown]], in [[Adams County, Pennsylvania]].
*'' [[Custer Monument (West Point)|Custer Monument]]'' at the [[United States Military Academy]] was first unveiled in 1879. It now stands next to his grave in the [[West Point Cemetery]].
*Custer Memorial Monument at his birthplace was erected by the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical society in 1931. It is located near the remains of the foundation of his birthplace homestead in New Rumley, Ohio. Custer Monument is managed locally by the Custer Memorial Association.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ohiohistory.org/visit/browse-historical-sites/custer-monument/ | title=Custer Monument }}</ref>