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Tomb Guard Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Jay stood on Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Plaza and held up a ...
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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
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 ...
Andrew Jay, a 1st Class Sergeant of the Guard who grew up in Salt Lake City, made his “last walk” as a Tomb Guard at the Tomb ...
U.S. Army Specialist Jessica Kwiatkowski recently completed her final walk at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, marking the culmination of her distinguished 23-month tenure as a guard. Notably, she ...
Tomb Guard Spc. Jessica Kwiatkowski, a member of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment who was the subject of a viral video in 2023, conducted her last walk at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in early ...
Since 1937, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has been guarded every minute of every day, and the people who served as guards are part of an elite group known as the Society of the Honor Guard. On the ...
The only female sentinel guard currently assigned to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery took her final walk. By CNN Newsource staff Published : Mar. 10, 2023 at 5:18 AM EST ...
Twenty-four hours a day, a member of the Army's Old Guard stands watch over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 7News recently learned there is just one woman currently serving in this prestigious role.
Tomb Guards stand guard at the Tomb 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Maj. Gen. William L Zana holds a media roundtable at the Pentagon, wearing his Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Identification badge ...
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier symbolizes those Americans who gave their lives in World War I, World War II and the Korean War in defense of the nation’s integrity, honor and tranquility.