Politics Jan 19 WATCH: Trump lays wreath at Arlington National Cemetery’s Tomb of the Unknown Soldier By Associated Press
Nation May 29 WATCH: Biden speaks after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier President Joe Biden has lauded the sacrifice of generations of U.S. troops who died fighting for their country as he marked Memorial Day with a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. By Aamer Madhani, Rebecca Santana, Associated Press
Nation Nov 11 Watch 6:11 ‘Unknown’ : A diverse musical commemoration of unidentified slain soldiers On this Veterans Day, in celebration of its centennial, Jeffrey Brown reports on a new look at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier through music. This report is part of our arts and culture series, CANVAS. By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport, Alison Thoet
Nation Nov 08 WATCH: Centennial commemoration of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Arlington National Cemetery opened the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Plaza Tuesday to allow the public to walk on and lay flowers in front of the Tomb, for the first time in nearly 100 years. By Associated Press
Nation May 25 Watch 1:43 Watch continues uninterrupted at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Army soldiers from the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as “The Old Guard,” have kept watch over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier around the clock for more than 70 years. Even though Arlington National Cemetery, where the tomb is… By Judy Woodruff, Rachel Wellford
May 28 Watch 4:49 News Wrap: Former military leaders criticize Trump for tweet In our news wrap Monday, President Trump today laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and thanked the families who've lost loved ones in service to their country. Meanwhile, several former military leaders criticized Trump for tweeting… Continue watching
May 30 Watch 5:31 News Wrap: ‘We have to do better’ by our vets, Obama says at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, on his last Memorial Day as commander-in-chief, President Obama paid tribute to the nation’s veterans and made special mention of the American soldiers who died this past year in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, more than… Continue watching
Nov 11 How a WWI soldier was chosen for the first official ‘tomb of the unknown’ at Arlington By Patrick Kiger Here rests in honored glory, an American soldier known but to God. A haunting inscription found on one of America's most famous tombstones, but the story of how the first official unknown soldier from World War I was selected for… Continue reading
Nov 11 Obama visits Arlington National Cemetery to honor veterans By Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama urged the nation to keep veterans in their thoughts long after Veterans Day and ensure that they receive the care and benefits they've earned. Continue reading
May 24 Watch one of the U.S. military’s most sacred rituals, The Changing of the Guard, in 4K By Justin Scuiletti The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was constructed in 1921, after Congress approved the burial of an unidentified U.S. soldier from World War I, with other Unknowns interred since. The Tomb has been guarded year-round continuously since 1937, when the… Continue reading