Activities in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States during Armistice Day commemorations on November 11, 1936. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Arlington Cemetery, standing beside U.S. Navy Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn. A large crowd gathered at the amphitheater near Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. U.S. Army General John Pershing speaks at amphitheater in Arlington.
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."
The funeral ceremony of U.S. Rear Admiral Robert Peary at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The flag-draped casket of Rear Admiral Peary is carried out of a chapel by pallbearers and is placed on a horse-drawn caisson. U.S. Army officials lined up outside the chapel. The horse-drawn caisson followed by the funeral procession heads for Arlington National Cemetery. The Secretary of U.S. Navy Joseph Daniels attends the funeral ceremony at Arlington. The pallbearers carry the casket of Rear Admiral Peary to the grave site. Honor Guards give a 3-volley salute.
Charles A. Lindbergh walks, with officials and military officers, across a plaza from, Arlington House, toward the tomb of the unknown soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginla. An honor guard of U.S. Army soldiers stands at attention as an officer hands a memorial wreath to Lindbergh, who lays it on the tomb, pausing a few seconds out of respect. View from behind the honor guard, as he steps away from the tomb. Lindbergh walks back toward Arlington House, and mingles with various officials and others in attendance. He then enters an open car where his mother (Evangeline Lodge Land Lindbergh) is seated. He converses with a uniformed woman park ranger, standing next to the car. The car with the Lindberghs drives away very slowly as officials walk alongside. View from the rear, of the Lindbergh car, and others following as they leave the site.
Filipino President Manuel Luis Quezon passes away in the United States. The funeral ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Procession over the Memorial Bridge into Arlington Cemetery. Artillery is fired to honor the late President. The casket on a caisson. The caisson moves through entrance of the cemetery. Officers and dignitaries walking. The casket is carried into the USS Maine Memorial, a tribute to officers and men who lost their lives on USS Maine on 15 February, 1898. Dignitaries pay tribute to the late President. Soldiers fire rifles in salute. (World War II period).
U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge attends Memorial Day services at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. The President speaks at the podium. Mrs. Coolidge, U.S. Secretary of War Dwight Filley Davis and U.S. Secretary of the Navy Curtis Dwight Wilbur also at the ceremony. They all walk down a flight of stairs and approach the Tomb of the Unknown. The President lays flowers, takes off his hat and crosses his heart. He puts on his hat and moves away. Mrs. Coolidge come forward to pay respects.
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