Known But To God -- The Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers
by Cora Wandel
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Known But To God -- The Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers
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Cora Wandel
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Photograph
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery is on a hill overlooking Washington, DC. It was established in 1921 to honor an unknown soldier from World War I, and was followed by two soldiers from World War II (one for each of the two hemispheres the war was fought in), and then a soldier from the Korean War. There was an unknown soldier from the Vietnam War, but DNA revealed his identity in 1998 and his family had his body removed so he could be buried back home. This photograph shows the western side of the white marble sarcophagus, and inscribed on it is the following: "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God".
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September 6th, 2015
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