{"id":66289,"date":"2017-05-17T18:40:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T18:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/05\/17\/today-in-history-may-17\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:14:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:14:07","slug":"today-in-history-may-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/news\/your-army\/2017\/05\/17\/today-in-history-may-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in history: May 17"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>1876<\/b>: The 7<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0U.S. Cavalry Regiment under Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer departs Fort Lincoln to chastise the Lakota and Cheyenne. This will not end well. Want to know what happened and learn more about\u00a0Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer&#8217;s service? 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