Posted on Nov 11, 2022
Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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Exactly three years after the end of World War I, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia during an Armistice Day ceremony presided over by President Warren G. Harding.
Two days before, an unknown American soldier, who had fallen somewhere on a World War I battlefield, arrived at the nation’s capital from a military cemetery in France. On Armistice Day, in the presence of President Harding and other government, military, and international dignitaries, the unknown soldier was buried with highest honors beside the Memorial Amphitheater. As the soldier was lowered to his final resting place, a two-inch layer of soil brought from France was placed below his coffin so that he might rest forever atop the earth on which he died.
Exactly three years after the end of World War I, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated at Arlington Cemetery in Virginia during an Armistice Day ceremony presided over by President Warren G. Harding.
Two days before, an unknown American soldier, who had fallen somewhere on a World War I battlefield, arrived at the nation’s capital from a military cemetery in France. On Armistice Day, in the presence of President Harding and other government, military, and international dignitaries, the unknown soldier was buried with highest honors beside the Memorial Amphitheater. As the soldier was lowered to his final resting place, a two-inch layer of soil brought from France was placed below his coffin so that he might rest forever atop the earth on which he died.
Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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Thank you for this share. If any who read this have never been it is well worth the trip to see the Changing of the Guard, a very moving and solemn event.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown It's sad that we can't identify every service member that was killed in battle but fitting that they have the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to remember those who we may never know who they were. R.I.P. Unknown Soldiers. You may be gone but never forgotten.
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I absolutely love this concept. For me it has a bit of a different meaning than for most.
I looked at my service as exactly that - service. I served for neither fame nor glory; I expected neither, I sought neither. I strove to live a life (and still do) of what I call "quiet competence." Everyone who knows me knows they can count on me to get it done. But almost no one knows me.
For me, the tombs of the unknowns show those folks who went out and did what needed to be done. Not for fame or glory. Not for legacy or self-aggrandizement. But just because it had to be done, and they were there to do it. They are unknown for a myriad of reasons. A confluence of events. But at least one of them is that they, personally, had no NEED to be known.
And that, amongst all other things, I recognize and honor.
I looked at my service as exactly that - service. I served for neither fame nor glory; I expected neither, I sought neither. I strove to live a life (and still do) of what I call "quiet competence." Everyone who knows me knows they can count on me to get it done. But almost no one knows me.
For me, the tombs of the unknowns show those folks who went out and did what needed to be done. Not for fame or glory. Not for legacy or self-aggrandizement. But just because it had to be done, and they were there to do it. They are unknown for a myriad of reasons. A confluence of events. But at least one of them is that they, personally, had no NEED to be known.
And that, amongst all other things, I recognize and honor.
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SPC Michael Terrell
I agree with your outlook. On the other hand, the mindless fools who insult current military and Veterans piss me off. I mentioned something about serving in Alaska, and was called a 'wannabe war hero'. The only war that I fought was against the inept in the military, and their political BS. I just wanted to do the best possible work at whatever duty I was assigned to.
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