In 1921, #USArmy Sgt. Edward F. Younger, a highly decorated World War I combat veteran, selected the Unknown Soldier of World War I to be interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on the plaza of Arlington National Cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater. Younger selected the service member from four identical caskets which contained remains of four unknowns exhumed from each of the four cemeteries in France by placing a spray of white roses on one of the caskets at the city hall in Chalons-sur-Marne, France. For more information about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, visit http://go.usa.gov/GcCj |