The new 2010 summer interns!

Hayley, Kiley, and Andrew here, the new interns for the summer 2010! The season has just kicked off, all of us arriving just within the last week or two. We have all unpacked, toured the museum and battlefield, and are ready for a summer of museum tourin' and history-havin' fun.

Kiley here now! The landscape of Montana is beautiful! It really is "Big Sky Country"; much different than what I am used to living on the East Coast. So far my favorite thing about Garryowen is where we are. We work and live on the exact same ground the Battle of Little Big Horn began. I could walk outside our room and possibly be standing in the same spot Sitting Bull might have stood over 100 years ago. The idea of being where he once camped is thrilling. For me this land, along with the artifacts in the museum, really help to bring history alive!

Hayley here. I have to agree with Kiley that my favorite aspect of the museum so far is being able to live where Sitting Bull camped, and where Reno first attacked the village. Inside the museum, I have been keeping my eye on the lock of Custer's hair (maybe I will get to see it even closer!). Our room is very comfortable, with photos of Libbie Custer and Sitting Bull looking over us at night.

Andrew here: My first day at Garryowen I got to experience how the Battle of the Little Big Horn is still used as a tool in the training of new generations of military officers. With the visit of a group of officer candidates from the Indiana National Guard, I was able to experience first hand how the lessons of Custer and the Little Big Horn are incorporated into the understanding of the modern battlefield.