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2. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington National Cemetery)

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   On November 9–10, 2021, in honor of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier's centennial commemoration, members of the public were allowed to walk on the plaza and lay flowers for the first time since 1925. [26] Arlington National Cemetery has permitted the public to lay flowers at the Tomb on the three succeeding Memorial Days since the Centennial. [27]

3. Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Wikipedia

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   The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the base of the location. Bolivia: Monumento al Soldado Desconocido: La Paz: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, center piece of the location. [citation needed] Brazil: Monument to the dead of World War II, Flamengo Park: Rio de Janeiro: The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the monument's platform.

4. Civil War Unknowns Monument - Wikipedia

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   The Soldiers' Home in nearby Washington, D.C., and the Alexandria Cemetery were the primary burying grounds for war dead in the D.C. area, but by late 1863 both cemeteries were full. [9] In May 1864, large numbers of Union forces died in the Battle of the Wilderness. Quartermaster General Montgomery C. Meigs ordered that an examination of ...

5. Tomb of the Known Soldier - Wikipedia

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   The U.S. Government had the idea of creating the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and of a "Known Soldier" in Arlington National Cemetery to honor World War I soldiers. Graves was chosen for "America's Known Soldier" by a blindfolded sailor who picked Graves' name from an American soldier remains list, but his mother objected to his burial at Arlington.

6. Michael Blassie - Wikipedia

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   Michael Joseph Blassie (April 4, 1948 – May 11, 1972) was a United States Air Force officer who was killed in action during the Vietnam War in May 1972. Prior to the identification of his remains, Blassie was the unknown service member from the Vietnam War buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

7. Part of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier opens to public for first ...

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   A sacred part of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier usually only visited by presidents and foreign dignitaries is open to the public this week. Part of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier opens to public for ...

8. Arlington National Cemetery officials confirm an 'incident ...

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   Trump participated in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Monday, marking the third anniversary of the deaths of 13 U.S. service members in an attack by the Islamic ...

9. Heather Lynn Johnsen - Wikipedia

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   In 1994, the Secretary of the Army ruled that women soldiers could serve on the 24 hour/7 days a week Tomb Sentinel squad for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington), a historic US monument at Arlington National Cemetery which honors the unidentified remains of three combatants from World War I, World War II and the Korean War. [2]