Today in History: Geronimo

On this day (March 27) in 1886, Geronimo surrendered to the U.S. Army for the final time. Geronimo was an Apache who fought for 36 years against Mexico and the United States to keep the traditional home of his people free. After his first two surrenders, he was placed on a reservation, but the non-traditional lifestyle proved too confining and he went back to war each time. After his third surrender, he was treated as a prisoner of war and moved from the Apache homeland in Arizona to Florida. Here, despite his prisoner status, he became a celebrity, attending fairs and selling photographs of himself.