Historian and author, Jerome Greene to speak at Crazy Horse Memorial

Historian and author, Jerome Greene to speak at Crazy Horse Memorial

CRAZY HORSE MEMORIAL – Jerome Greene, historian and author from Colorado will be discussing “Perspectives on the Great Sioux War of 1876-1877” on Thursday, July 2nd at 6:00 p.m. during the free Thursday Night Summer Performance & Lecture Series at Crazy Horse Memorial.

Jerome Greene is a graduate of Watertown High School and served in the U.S. Army. He received a B.S. degree from Black Hills State University, M.A. degree from the University of South Dakota, and did post graduate work in American History.

Since 1998 he has been a staff curator for Harpers Ferry Center and a historian with the National Park Service in Colorado. He is the author of numerous historic research and resource studies and reports. Current projects include an Administrative History of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, and a study of the Nez Perce Indians who reached Canada during and following the Nez Perce War of 1877.

Jerome Green specializes in American Indian history, 19th century military history, western history, Indian-U.S. Army warfare, U.S. Army uniforms and equipment 1860-1900, and frontier forts and coastal defenses. He is the author of “Evidence and the Custer Enigma”, “Slim Buttes”, “Yellowstone Command”, and “Morning Star Dawn” to name a few. Some of his newest books are “The Guns of Independence” and “The Siege of Yorktown, 1781”.

There will be free admission to Crazy Horse Memorial for those attending this education program, with a suggested donation of 3 cans of food per person for the KOTA Care & Share Food Drive. After the program please take the time to tour the complex and stay for the spectacular laser light show at dark.

On July 9th, the 2009 Summer Performance & Lecture Series will feature Lorenzo Black Lance presenting “Sicangu Lakota Art”.