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Tomb of the Unknowns

Tomb of the Unknowns. Ron Kagan. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The only cemetery administered by the Department of Army. Perpetually guarded since July 2nd, 1937 Located by the Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater

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Tomb of the Unknowns

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  1. Tomb of the Unknowns Ron Kagan

  2. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier • The only cemetery administered by the Department of Army • Perpetually guarded since July 2nd, 1937 • Located by the Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater • The Arlington National Cemetery spans 624 acres of land by the Potomac River across from the monument to President Lincoln in Washington DC

  3. History Overlooking Washington DC, the Tomb contains servicemen who fought in the First World War, Second World War, the Korean War and Vietnam

  4. Each of the deceased soldiers buried at the Tomb could not be identified and were buried with a funeral that the President of the United States would oversee as next of kin

  5. On March 4, 1921, Congress approved the burial of an unidentified American Soldier of World War I in the plaza of the Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheater The white marble sarcophagus is inscribed with these words: Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God The tomb rests above the grave of the unknown from World War I; graves marked by marble tombstones nearby contain unknown soldiers from World War II, Korea and Vietnam

  6. Visiting Arlington National Cemetery • Hours: 7 days a week, 365 days a year • 8 am - 7 pm (April - September) • 8 am - 5 pm (October - March) • Phone: (877) 907-8585 • Directions: located on the Metropolitan Washington D.C. Area Metrorail’s Blue Line. A Metrobus stops nearby on Memorial Drive. Narrated tours are offered exclusively by TourMobile • http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/VisitorInformation/PublicTransportation.aspx

  7. The Arlington National Cemetery by John C. Metzler Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Vol. 60/62, The 44th separately bound book (1960/1962), pp. 224-230 Sources & Further Reading Photo Slide 1: http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/6093757560/ Photo Slide 2: http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/2583383455/ Photo Slide 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shutterkrazy/5766496720/ Photo Slide 4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/4097699225/ Photo Slide 5: Where Valor Rests by Rick Atkinson, National Geographic Society, 2009

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