Introduction and Tom Custer's Revolver

JUSTIN: My name is Justin Davis, and I am from New Orleans, LA. I have recently graduated from the University of New Orleans with a B.A. in History. I stumbled upon this internship on a museum employment website, and decided to give it a shot. I did not know exactly what to expect moving from New Orleans to Garryowen. As you can imagine, the two cities are quite different. But, Garryowen has been pleasently surprising up to this point. The landscape is absolutely beautiful in this part of the country. Furthermore, working in the museum has been challenging as well as rewarding. Lauren and I have been allowed the liberty to restructure the museum floor plan, and some of the display cases. As Lauren mentioned in her blog yesterday, my favorite piece in the musem is Tom Custer's revolver. In my opinion, the revolver is one of the more pristine artifacts in our collection. The most interesting aspect of the revolver is the incscription of Tom Custer's initials, located on the butt. For me, the revolver makes the battle tangible because I can actually picture Tom Custer using his weapon in the battle with the Indians. I am currently working on the conceptualization of a case and hopefully soon I will be adding a fully loaded revolver that is rumored to have been one of George Custer's firearms. More on that later........-JD