The story of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier begins on the battlefields of Europe as the guns fell silent on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. The American ...

A sentinel from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) walks the mat during a rain storm at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, July 8, 2021.

It has been 100 years since the first unnamed soldier was laid to rest in the Tomb of the Unknown. US President Joe Biden paid his respects at the Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day ...

Olympia transported the remains of a US soldier to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in 1921. Commissioned in 1895, the USS Olympia boasts several claims to fame. The heavily armed US Navy warship ...

In March 1926, soldiers from nearby Fort Myer were first assigned to guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The guards, present only during daylight hours, discouraged visitors from climbing or ...