The Lakota warrior commonly called Crazy Horse was born approx 1840 and participated in many battles against the US Army operating on the Northern Plains in the 1860s & 1870s.He surrendered in 1877 and was immediately killed. No photo was ever taken of the man and his family buried his body in secret.
Work began in 1948 on a monument carved from stone in the Black Hills region of South Dakota near Mt Rushmore and is often visited by tourists in the summer. The original sculptor died in 1982 and some work has continued. However it remains unfinished and is not universally accepted by the Lakota.
In 1982 the US Postal Service issued a 13 cent stamp as part of their Great Americans series.
This card was sent by a Postcrosser who visited the site on a family vacation in 2021
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