Marking the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier The Tomb transends race, religion and politics, and stands as a beacon for unity and love of country Follow Us
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This year, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, located in Arlington National Cemetery, the nation’s eternal resting place of thousands of men and women who gave their lives in service to our country.
House Joint Resolution 426 was brought before Congress on Dec. 21, 1920, by New York Congressman Hamilton Fish, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1920 until 1945. The resolution called for “Providing for the bringing to the United States of the body of an unknown American, who was a member of the American Expeditionary Forces, who served in Europe and lost his life during the World War, and for the burial of the remains with appropriate ceremonies.”
The neoclassical, white marble sarcophagus stands atop a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. Author: Reagan Roy Updated: 2:37 PM CST January 20, 2021
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The neoclassical, white marble sarcophagus stands atop a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. Since 1921, it has provided a final resting place for one of America’s unidentified World War I service members, and Unknowns from later wars were added in 1958 and 1984. The Tomb has also served as a place of mourning and a site for reflection on military service.
Credit: Arlington National Cemetery
Background
Through the ages, one of the consequences of warfare has been large numbers of unidentified dead. Sometimes unidentified remains resulted from poor record keeping, the damage that weapons of war inflicted on bodies, or the haste required to bury the dead and mark gravesites. In the United States prior to the Civil War, unidentified remains were often buried in mass graves. At Ar
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