Remembering the World War I Unknown Soldier

[Donkees]

Oct 24, 2023

The Unknown Soldier has represented America's eternal dedication to honoring not just the unknowns buried there, but all unknown dead of America's wars.

The selection for the World War I unknown soldier to be repatriated from Europe to the United States, and later be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, took place on this day, in 1921.

ABMC cemeteries honor over 7,500 unknown burials of World War I and World War II, and over 90,000 missing from the World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam memorialized by name on the walls of the missing at our cemeteries and monuments.

Learn more about the history that links ABMC and the Tomb the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery: https://bit.ly/3MdHTV4

[H2O Man]

1. Jim

[Kid Berwyn]

2. We owe to them our freedom.

Thank you for the heads-up, Donkees.

[usaf-vet]

3. Now it is our turn to protect what they gave up their lives so we could live in our Democracy.

Let's not let them and their surviving loved ones down.

[Donkees]

4. The great care and respect shown in those selection ceremonies a century ago, reflects that gratitude.

It adds a much deeper appreciation for the level of respect at Arlington.