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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Hours of Operation
- Cemetery open Apr. - Sep.: 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.; Oct. - Mar.: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
(703) 607-8052
Arlington National Cemetery
Fort Myer, VA 22211
Fort Myer, VA 22211
Description
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a monument in Arlington National Cemetery that honors those Americans who died in combat without ever being identified. A living soldier stands on guard at the Tomb 24 hours a day, and many visitors come to see the Changing of the Guard, a ritual that happens every ...
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Similar to the Vietnam memorial in Washington D.C., this monument is in honor of the thousands of unknown soldiers that died in battle or from diseases during the Revolutionary War. In the early 1950s, a statue of George Washington and an Unknown Soldier was placed here to commemorate and remember nameless veterans who gave their lives for our freedom and independence from the British.
