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A caisson carriage carries the American Unknown Soldier towards the Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery
Burial procession for the American Unknown soldier of World War I. Cavalry and infantry troops of the U.S. Army, Navy and Marine Corps march near the entrance gates of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia, United States. The caisson carriage carrying the flag draped casket bearing the American Unknown Soldier of World War I moves towards the Memorial Amphitheater through the south gate. The military band plays as it marches. People gathered on either side of the road. Horse drawn carriage carrying the American Unknown Soldier proceeds towards the ceremony that precedes burial at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
President Harding presents Medal of Honor during funeral of American Unknown Soldier of WWI at Arlington National Cemetery
Funeral ceremony for the American Unknown Soldier of World War 1, just before burial at the Tomb of the Unknowns, (or Tomb of the Unknown Soldier) in Arlington National Cemetery. United States President Warren G. Harding arrives at the Memorial Amphitheatre in Arlington National Cemetery. The President along with military officers climbs up the stairs and enters the building. Chief Plenty Coos of the Native American Indian Crow Indian tribe arrives at the Memorial Amphitheater wearing full Indian regalia. Other Native American Indian tribesmen exit a car in native dress. The procession, including robed men playing brass and singing, arrives. Soldiers carry the casket and place it on a platform decorated with wreaths. Prayers are said by clergy present as people stand with bowed heads. Harding begins his speech with a two minute silence (at the Ampitheater and around the Nation). Camera pans over large, quiet crowd with Washington DC in the far distant backgound. President Harding speaks about the Unknown Soldier. He talks about the sacrifices made by American soldiers to uphold the freedom of the country. Slates indicate quotes from President Harding's speech, "We know not whence he came, but only that his death marks him with the everlasting glory of an American dying for his country....He may have been a native or an adopted son; that matters little, because the glorified the same loyalty, they sacrificed alike. He died for his country, and greater devotion has no man than this. He died unquestioning, uncomplaining, with faith in his heart and hope on his lips, that his country should triumph and its civilization survive." President Harding bestows the Congressional Medal of Honor on the Unknown Soldier, laying the medal upon the casket. United States and foreign military officers and dignitaries present pay tribute to the Unknown Soldier, including presentation of the Victoria Cross by Admiral of the Fleet Lord Beatty, on behalf of King George V of the United Kingdom.
Casket of the first American Unknown Soldier placed at original Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia
Funeral and interment ceremonies for the American Unknown Soldier of World War I being interred at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington Virginia, United States. Casket of the Unknown Soldier brought out of the new Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery. Soldiers carry the casket out of the amphitheater and past an honor guard of American soldiers lined up along the way and saluting. United States soldiers carry the casket past a large number of officials and military officers towards the sarcophagus of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Soldiers place the casket on the sarcophagus of the Tomb of the Unknowns. Chief of the Native American Indian Crow Indian tribe, Plenty Coos, places a coup stick on the casket to pay tribute to the Unknown Soldier of World War 1, from the "first Americans."
People pay their last respects to the Unknown Soldier near the sarcophagus at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington Virginia
A huge crowd gathered to pay their last respects to the American Unknown Soldier of World War 1 being buried at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery. People gathered below the sarcophagus. A bugler plays and a cannon is fired to honor the Unknown Soldier. U.S. President Warren G. Harding leaves after the ceremony. The President walks past a large crowd of civilians.
Former Estate of General Robert E Lee and grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.
View of a statue of American General Ulysses S Grant. Scene changes to show the former estate home of General Robert E Lee (Arlington House, or the Custis-Lee Mansion, and later the Robert E. Lee Memorial) seen on a hill in Arlington National Cemetery, with grave markers nearby. A view of many graves on a sloping hillside of the cemetery. Flowers adorn an area inside the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater at the cemetery. A small group of visitors stands near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington. Brief view of a horse-drawn Caisson underway on a road in Arlington National Cemetery, carrying a coffin for a burial ceremony. View of the Washington monument faintly in the distance, and the Potomac River in the distance. Flowers placed at the tomb.