Tomb of the Unknowns Marks 100th Anniversary
Photo by: U.S. Army/Elizabeth Fraser
Fri, 11/12/2021 - 06:50
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier marked its 100th anniversary Nov. 11 with a full honors procession that replicated the journey made in 1921 when the unknown soldier from World War I was brought to his final resting place at Arlington National Cemetery.
Members of the public were allowed to line the special route inside the cemetery in Virginia as a joint service flyover soared overhead. Later in the day, which also was Veterans Day, President Joe Biden led a wreath-laying ceremony at the tomb.
“One hundred years ago today, an American soldier from the first World War, as the tomb says, ‘Known but to God,’ completed the voyage from an unidentified battlefield in France, over the rough Atlantic seas, here to Arlington National Cemetery,” Biden said.
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