What is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery?
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is located at Arlington National Cemetery. It is located on a hill at nearly the perfect geographic center of the cemetery and serves as a symbolic grave. The tomb is dedicated to soldiers whose remains have not been found or identified.
On This Day, Nov. 11: Harding dedicates Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
In 1831, Nat Turner, who led fellow slaves on a bloody uprising in Virginia, was hanged. Turner, an educated minister, believed he was chosen by God to lead people out of slavery. In 1889, Washington was admitted to the union as the 42nd state.
Wreath Ceremony held at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris observed Veterans Day by laying wreaths at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Following the ceremony, Biden flew home to honor his late son, Beau, who served in Iraq with the National Guard.
A few facts on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Nov. 11, 1921, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated. Four unknowns were exhumed from four different American cemeteries in France. Caskets were shifted and rotated, with no trace remaining of which cemetery each had come from.
Biden, Harris visit Tomb of Unknown Soldier
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris commemorated Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. It was Biden’s first public event with Harris since she lost the 2024 General Election to Republican Donald Trump.
Biden, Harris mark Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris commemorated Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. It was Biden’s first public event with Harris since she lost the 2024 Election to Republican Donald Trump.
Harris and Biden seen together at Arlington cemetery in first joint appearance since Election Day loss
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris made their first joint public appearance since the vice president’s defeat to Donald Trump in the presidential election. The two marked Veterans Day on Monday at Arlington National Cemetary,
An Army general’s final ‘walk’ at the Tomb of the Unknowns
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Revisiting the Unknown Soldier: How a grassroots campaign brought a fallen comrade home
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On This Day: Tomb of the Unknown Solider dedicated in Washington
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Biden and Harris appear together for the first time since she lost the election to Trump
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday made their first joint appearance since her election loss when ...
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Remembrance Day ceremony returning to National War Memorial at tomb of the unknown soldier
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The Unknown Soldier Part One: The last journey begins
The year 2021 marks the 100th anniversary of the selection, return from Europe, and interment at Arlington Cemetery of The Unknown Soldier. According to Dr. Michael Neiberg of the U.S. Army War ...
Macron and Starmer lay wreath at Paris’ Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Armistice Day
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer joined French President Emmanuel Macron at a Paris ceremony marking the 106th anniversary of the Armistice on Monday.
Biden and Harris are appearing together for the first time since she lost the election to Trump
They observed Veterans Day together by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Patriotic ceremony held in Wyandotte Monday
The event was one of a number of Veterans Day ceremonies held Monday throughout the Downriver area and around the state.