Chief Geronimo’s day of history not forgotten

September 4, 2008 · Filed Under American Indians, Government, History, Legal, and Society · Comment 

Posed photo of Geronimo Never let what may be the great day in the lift of Geronimo, the late Apache chief. That day – September 4 — is today.

It was on that day when Captain Henry Lawton, who had command of B Troop, 4th Cavalry, which was based out of Fort Huachuca, Arizona. It was Lawson who had been tapped by General Nelson Miles to lead an expedition to capture, in typical cowboy fashion – dead or alive – the Apache chief the U.S. government considered a renegade: Geronimo.

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