Near Record High in Bedford Today

1. The weatherman says ... Temperatures approach a record high today as today's forecast, according to Weather.com, projects a high of 94 degrees with a 30-percent chance of scattered thunderstorms in the afternoon and a nighttime low of 70 degrees.

2. Cool off! Head down to the Bedford Memorial Town Pool at 20 County Road today and cool off from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information on hours and residential rates, click here.

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4. On the agenda. The following is a glance at today's municipal meetings in Bedford:

• 7:15 a.m. - Highway Safety Committee (BCTV Town Meeting Room)

• 7 p.m. - Conservation Commission (BCTV Town Meeting Room)

5. On this day ... June 25,1876, Suoux Chiefs Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull led native American forces, which defeated the Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the United States Army in what is now known as the Battle of Little Bighorn. The event is also known as Custer's Last Stand because the event marked the most decisive Native American victory in the Plains Indian War. According to History.com:

On the morning of June 25, Custer drew near the camp and decided to press on ahead rather than wait for reinforcements.

At mid-day, Custer's 600 men entered the Little Bighorn Valley. Among the Native Americans, word quickly spread of the impending attack. The older Sitting Bull rallied the warriors and saw to the safety of the women and children, while Crazy Horse set off with a large force to meet the attackers head on. Despite Custer's desperate attempts to regroup his men, they were quickly overwhelmed. Custer and some 200 men in his battalion were attacked by as many as 3,000 Native Americans; within an hour, Custer and every last one of his soldier were dead.