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	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Delhi.
		Austria: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Heldenplatz in Vienna
		Portugal: the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in the Mosteiro da Batalha.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier (1024 words)

	Canadian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The tomb was added to the war memorial in 2000, and holds the remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier who died in France during World War I.
		The remains of the soldier were exhumed on the morning of May 16, 2000, and the casket was flown in a Canadian Forces aircraft to Ottawa on May 25, accompanied by an honour guard which included a chaplain, Royal Canadian Legion veterans, and representatives of Canadian youth.
		Then, with appropriate ceremony, the body of the unknown soldier was re-interred in a sarcophagus in front of the War Memorial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canadian_Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier (625 words)

	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Philadelphia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Picture of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Philadelphia.
		The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (sometimes written as Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of American Revolution or Tomb of the Unknown Revolutionary War Soldier) is a war memorial located in Washington Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		It honors the thousands of soldiers who died during the American Revolutionary War, many of whom were buried in mass graves in that park.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier_(Philadelphia) (247 words)

	Urban Legends Reference Pages: Honor Guard
		The most visible honorific symbol associated with the Tomb of the Unknowns is that the site is guarded around the clock, every day of the year, by specially trained members of the Third United States Infantry Regiment (also known as the "Old Guard").
		A Tomb guard's behavior is not so stringently regulated that he is prohibited from speaking to anyone for a full six months (someone seems to have confused the Old Guard with a monastery!), and guards may do whatever they want (including watching TV) during their off-duty hours.
		The Sentinels of the Tombs of the Unknown
	www.snopes.com /military/unknown.asp (2460 words)

	Arlington National Cemetery:: Funeral Information
		The Tomb of the Unknowns stands atop a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. On March 4, 1921, Congress approved the burial of an unidentified American soldier from World War I in the plaza of the new Memorial Amphitheater.
		The chosen unknown soldier was transported to the United States aboard the USS Olympia.
		Two unknowns from World War II, one from the European Theater and one from the Pacific Theater, were placed in identical caskets and taken aboard the USS Canberra, a guided-missile cruiser resting off the Virginia capes.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.org /visitor_information/tomb_of_the_unknowns.html (1021 words)

	Tomb of The Unknown Soldier History 1963
		It is the Tomb of America's Unknown Soldiers, symbolizing those of America who gave their lives in World War I, World War II and Korea, in defense of the Nation's integrity, honor and tranquility.
		Slowly and silently the "Olympia" moved from the pier and with a salute of seventeen guns from the French destroyer, to which she promptly responded, the journey of the Unknown Soldier to his homeland began.
		The Tomb is made of only four pieces of marble--the die, which is all in one piece and one of the largest ever quarried, weighing over 50 tons; the base; the sub-base, and the capstone.
	www.qmfound.com /tomb_of_the_unknown_soldier.htm (1537 words)

	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
		On Memorial Day, 1958, the bodies of two other unknown soldiers—one of whom had died in World War II, the other during the Korean War—were buried in the tomb, which was renamed the Tomb of the Unknowns.
		Remains of an unknown soldier from the Vietnam War were interred here in 1984, but later investigations revealed the soldier's identity, and they were removed.
		Similar tombs are in Baghdad, Russia, and elsewhere.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/history/A0850115.html (281 words)

	Unknown Solider Of World War One
		On hand to escort the Unknown Soldier to the docks were representatives of the French and American governments, an American Army honor guard, a large contingent of French Army troops, a French Army band, a detachment of French sailors, representatives of various French societies and associations, and mounted gendarmes.
		Attendees at the burial of the Unknown Soldier.
		The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, now completed, in its simple and impressive beauty, is a fitting and lasting memorial to all those brave heroes who gave their all on the field of battle for the high principles for which the American Nation has always stood.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /unk-wwi.htm (6426 words)

	Canada's Air Force, History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		A nameless French soldier is buried beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
		As the remains of the Unknown Soldier were lowered into the sacrophagus, representatives from the army fired three rifle volleys which symbolized the army's farewell to a fallen comrade.
		After 437 Squadron arrived in Ottawa with the Unknown Soldier, the remains were brought first to the Hall of Honour on Parliament Hill to lie in state before being ceremoniously laid to rest at the National War Memorial on May 28.
	www.airforce.forces.ca /hist/hist_tomb_e.asp (891 words)

	Soldier Unknown
		The American pallbearers carried the casket from the train, followed by the officials and 30 French soldiers carrying the floral offerings, and marched to the square at the railway station where a flag-draped caisson was waiting.
		Leading the cortege were the drums and bugles of the 129th Infantry of France, and the band which played the funeral marches of Chopin and Mendelssohn on the way; the flag of the 129th; battalions of the Havrais Regiment; sailors from the crews of the Verdun and L'Epernay.
		Soldiers of the 129th regiment followed, bearing the palms, wreaths and bouquets.
	www.qmfound.com /soldier_unknown.htm (3387 words)

	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Veterans Affairs Canada
		In May 2000, the remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier who died in the First World War were repatriated from France and, with great ceremony, were buried in a special tomb in front of the National War Memorial in Ottawa.
		The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was created to honour the more than 116,000 Canadians who sacrificed their lives in the cause of peace and freedom.
		Furthermore, the Unknown Soldier represents all Canadians, whether they be navy, army, air force or merchant marine, who died or may die for their country in all conflicts - past, present, and future.
	www.vac-acc.gc.ca /general/sub.cfm?source=Memorials/tomb (158 words)

	Remembrance Day - Unknown soldiers
		In 1993, to mark the 75th anniversary of the 1918 armistice, the Australian Government exhumed the remains of an unknown Australian soldier from the Western Front for entombment at the Australian War Memorial's Hall of Memory, Canberra.
		The Unknown Soldier's remains were exhumed from the Adelaide Cemetery, near Villers-Bretonneux on the Western Front.
		As Australia's Unknown Soldier was laid to rest in the Hall of Memory, World War I veteran Robert Comb, who had served in battles on the Western Front, sprinkled soil from Pozieres, France, over the coffin and said, "Now you're home, mate".
	www.dva.gov.au /commem/rememb/rem_soldiers.htm (287 words)

	Tomb of the Unknowns, Arlington National Cemetery
		The Tomb of the Unknowns, near the center of the cemetery, is one of Arlington's most popular tourist sites.
		Ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - November 21, 1921
		The Tomb of the Unknowns From The Rear of The Plaza
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /tombofun.htm (874 words)

	Legion Magazine : The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
		The four corners of the tomb are anchored with bronze extensions containing replicas of the Memorial Cross or Silver Cross on three corners and a poppy on the fourth.
		The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a visible reminder of the young soldiers, sailors and airmen who died for Canada in pursuit of peace and freedom.
		In honouring this unknown soldier today, through this funeral and this burial, we are embracing the fact of the anonymity and saying that because we do not know him and we do not know what he could have become, he has become more than one body, more than one grave.
	www.legionmagazine.com /features/special/00-09.asp (13355 words)

	Tomb of The Unknowns
		The United States Army was given the honor of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in 1926, as the Army is the oldest of the military services.
		In fact, after the internment of the Unknown Soldier in 1921, the Tomb remained unguarded until 1925, when a civilian guard would be present during the day.
		It was reported that, because of the dangers from Hurricane Isabelle approaching Washington DC, the military members assigned the duty of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were given permission to suspend the assignment.
	www.diggerhistory.info /pages-memorials/arlington.htm (1791 words)

	Tomb of the Unknown ...
		The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is in front of the Parliament building on Syntagma Square, and guarded around the clock by two members of the Army's Presidential Guard.
		Among their duties are guarding the Presidential Mansion, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and raising and lowering the flag of the acropolis.
		The Parliament building behind the tomb dominates Syntagma Square, and was built in 1836-40 as the palace of King Otto (Othon), the Bavarian prince who was installed as the first monarch of Greece after its revolutionary War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire.
	gallery.jazzhaven.com /cat109.htm (339 words)

	The Patriot Post - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
		The Tomb is guarded, and has been guarded, every minute of every day since 1937.
		Is it true they must commit 2 years of life to guard the Tomb, live in a barracks under the tomb, and cannot drink any alcohol on or off duty for the rest of their lives.
		The Tomb Guard Identification Badge is awarded after the Sentinel passes a series of tests.
	patriotpost.us /news/arlington.asp (970 words)

	Commemoration
		The original unknown soldier was entombed in Westminster Abbey in London on 11 November 1920.
		An unknown French soldier was buried under the Arc de Triomphe on the same day and several other allied nations soon entombed unknown soldiers of their own.
		The unknown Australian soldier was buried in a Tasmanian flwood coffin with a slouch hat and a sprig of wattle, and soil from the Pozieres battlefield was scattered in his tomb.
	www.awm.gov.au /commemoration/customs/soldier.htm (240 words)

	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
		The marble for the Tomb of the Unknowns was furnished by the Vermont Marble Company of Danby, Vt. The marble was quarried in Yule, Colo., and is called Yule Marble.
		Carved on the East side (the front of the Tomb, which faces Washington, D.C.) is a composite of three figures, commemorative of the spirit of the Allies of World War I. In the center of the panel stands Victory (female).
		The first Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was a sub base and a base or plinth.
	c.h.waters.home.att.net /tomb.html (1195 words)

	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Ottawa Attractions
		While it is patterned after the stone altar of the Vimy Memorial, the sever Ottawa climate, as well as the bronze and stone makeup of the National War Memorial, led to the decision to produce the relief work in bronze.
		In the afternoon of May 28, 2000 the Unknown Soldier will be transported from Parliament Hill to the National War Memorial on a horse-drawn gun carriage provided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
		To be located on the upper plaza of the National War Memorial, in Ottawa, in front of the existing monument, the Tomb will consist of a granite sarcophagus enclosing a casket containing the remains of the unknown soldier.
	www.ottawakiosk.com /unknown_soldier.html (905 words)

	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
		The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier lies within Washington Square, one of the five public parks drawn up by William Penn in his 1682 blueprint for Philadelphia.
		The graves of the soldiers, who have been buried, in this ground, from the hospital and bettering-house, during the course of last summer, fall and winter, dead of the small pox and camp diseases, are enough to make the heart of stone to melt away!
		The sexton told me that upwards of two thousand soldiers had been buried there, and by the appearance of the grave and trenches, it is most probable to me that he speaks within bounds.
	www.ushistory.org /tour/tour_tomb.htm (1092 words)

	Ben's Guide (3-5): Statues and Memorials - Tomb of the Unknowns
		The Tomb was placed above the grave of the Unknown Soldier from World War I, and was opened for public visitation on April 9, 1932.
		These unknowns were interred with their graves laid to the west of the World War I unknown.
		Due to the results of a DNA test in 1998, the Vietnam Unknown was identified as Air Force 1st Lt. Michael J. Blassie.
	bensguide.gpo.gov /3-5/symbols/tomb.html (375 words)

	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
		For a person to apply for guard duty at the tomb, he must be between 5' 10" and 6' 2" tall and his waist size cannot exceed 30".
		The marble for the Tomb of the Unknowns was furnished by the Vermont Marble Company of Danby, Vt. The marble is the finest and whitest of American marble, quarried from the Yule Marble Quarry located near Marble, Colorado and is called Yule Marble.
		On the ABC evening news, it was reported recently that, because of the dangers from Hurricane Isabel approaching Washington, DC, the military members assigned the duty of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were given permission to suspend the assignment.
	www.snipercountry.com /Articles/TombUnknownSoldier.asp (1493 words)

	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
		Years later advancing technology allowed for the identity of the Unknown Soldier of the Vietnam War to be identified and his body was removed and re-interred by his surviving family.
		The resting place of the Unknown Soldier of that war is now empty but the Medal of Honor remains to honor the unknown valor of a still another generation of unknown heroes.
		Procession to Arlington for the Unknown Soldier of World War I. Among the pall bearers were WWI Medal of Honor recipients Samuel Woodfill and Ernest Janson.
	www.homeofheroes.com /moh/memory/unknowns.html (951 words)

	AII POW-MIA - Histories - Tomb of the Unknown
		The World War II Unknown was selected from 19 sets of remains exhumed from military cemeteries in Hawaii, Europe, Africa and the Philippines.
		Four unknown Americans who had lost their lives in Korea were disinterred from the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii.
		In addition to the the main Tomb of the Unknowns, there are two additonal burial sites at Arlington for Unknowns...
	www.aiipowmia.com /histories/histtomb.html (930 words)

	Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
		Among the notables are: President Taft, Joe E. Lewis (the boxer) and Medal of Honor winner Audie Murphy (the most decorated soldier of WWII) of Hollywood fame.
		On the ABC evening news, it was reported that because of the dangers from the hurricane, the military members assigned the duty of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were given permission to suspend the assignment.
		They respectfully declined the offer, "No way, Sir!" Soaked to the skin, marching in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that guarding the Tomb was not just an assignment, it was the highest honor that can be afforded to a serviceperson.
	home.att.net /~scorh3/Tomb.html (595 words)

	The Unknown Soldiers - The Tomb Sentinals
		Soldiers from The Old Guard escort the President, conduct military ceremonies at the White House, Pentagon, and national memorials in our Capitol City, including funeral details and other special ceremonies at Arlington National Cemeteries.
		Each soldier among them is physically fit for the demanding responsibility and between 5'10" and 6'4" tall with a proportionate weight and build.
		If a soldier finishes this phase and is granted "a walk", he enters a new phase of training known as "new-soldier training".
	www.homeofheroes.com /gravesites/unknowns/0_unknowns_sentinels.html (1069 words)

	Society of the Honor Guard - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Serving as a Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was a defining period in our lives.
		The Society of The Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a non-profit association organized expressly for and wholly committed to protecting and enhancing the welfare and image of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the soldiers who stand guard, past and present.
		The Society works toward preserving and maintaining records, educating the public concerning the history of the Tomb and the Unknown Soldiers, as well as the history of the Guards who have stood watch over them since 1926.
	www.tombguard.org (217 words)

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