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Show I STRANGE AS IT SEEMS by John Hix PiffiRtm ttooK, y 1 1'" . ti, - r."trK.'.?r-t, "VERTCweHTimh 'Viiw' ' ., . n- - tncitcsTtH -Q&ToHBOF2lll , RfcfM MUUHouNw-. , ; yy uhkoWH $OUlBR$ Atfjt -j-MU- rW v6i etNEMriTrte MONUMENT UI LPiet,KlUClrtTrt 'out wu- ua, o(Wfen . , Vv UNKNOWN SOLDIERS ... Sixteen years ago today the body of an unidentified American Amer-ican soldier of the World war, killed in the line of action, was laid to rest in Arlington cemetery, Virginia. The tomb in which he lies has become a national shrine as the Tomb of the Unknown Un-known Soldier. Not one unknown soldier, however, but 4713 of them rest in Arlington 2111 of them beneath one tomb. The inscription inscrip-tion on the tomb reads: "Beneath this stone repose the bones of two thousand, one hundred and eleven unknown soldiers gathered after the war from the fields of Bull Run and the route to Rappahannock. Rappahan-nock. Their remains could not be identified, but their names, and deaths are recorded in the archives of their, country, and its grateful citizens honor them as of their noble army of martyrs. mar-tyrs. May they rest in peace. September, A. D.( 1866." Other Arlington "Unknowns" of the Civil war dead rest beneath marble markers. (Copyright, 1937, for The Telegram) |