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' r f f \ ; s y . , .i i ! is r ' Aj y ' ' , i2 + tirlao \ i . . . ' . . 1 . . Monument to 2,111 2111 , unknown soldiers of theCivii the theCivil theCivil Civil Civii war , erected in 1M Arlington cemetery soon soonafter soonafter soonafter after the close of the war . 2 . 2 . Sergeant Edward S . . Younger , . now a Chi Chl.cago Chlcago . cago sago mail mall clerk , who in 1921 dropped a rose on ona ona ona a coffin in France to select America's Americas ' ' Unknown UnknownSoldier UnknownSoldier UnknownSoldier Soldier . . He is shown placing a wreath on the theTomb theTomb theiTomb , ( Tomb of the Unknown Soldier [ in n Arlington ceme ceme- cemetery cemetery . - cemetery Arlingtoncemetery . tery . ( Photo by Harris and Ewing ) 3 . Ceremony at the entombment of an un un-Iknown un Iknown - . jknown known soldier of the Indian Indan , wars on the Custer Custer'battlefield Custertbattlefleld Custer'battlefield Custerbattlefield 'battlefield battlefield tbattlefleld ' in 1M an Montana in 1926 4 . Honoring the Unknown Soldier of the Revo Revo.lutlon Revolutlon . lutlon in the churchyard of the old Presbyterianmeeting Presbyterian Presbyterianmeeting Presbyterianmeeting meeting house In Alexandria , Va . At the rightIis right right'Is rightjls 'who who officer'who Iis ' 'Is Is ' Mrs Mary G . . Powelt Powell , widow of a staff officer officerwho officerwho who served under Gen "Stonewall Stonewall " " Jackson , , who whorediscovered whorediscovered whorediscovered rediscovered the grave and led in the movement movementIto movementito { ( Ito ito movementito have It properly marked . . ( Photo by Harrisand Harrlsqnd Harris Harrls qnd and < nd Ewing ) By ELMO SCOTT WATSONHERD WATSON I IHURD y HERE HURD HERD sleeps the Unknown Unhnown Sol Sol- Sol Soldier - . ' dler'l dlerl dier deer ? ' dler'lOne , One day last fast September hun . dreds of visitors gathered at atI'ort atFort atTort I'ort Iort Tort ' George Battlefield park parknear parknear parknear Sdreds near Lake George , , N . . Y ? , to at attend . tend ceremonies at the burial otfour offour of ot > four unkno\\ unkno unknos unknown unknon \ % \ n a soldiers of Co Co- Co Colonial - . ? lonial lonnl [ war wttr w r days da dn s The bones ofI or of orthe ofi I the soldiers were sere 'ro ro ' ere discovered In In1D31 In1931 1D31 1931 during e excavation .ca\atlon .caatlon .ca ca atlon eacasatlon > . \ for a newstate newstate new > state hlgh\\ hlgh highway hlghay hlghway \ ay between Glens GlensraIls Glensrails GlensFalls raIls nnd and Lake George and WE're WEre WE'reIdentified wereidentified wereIdentIOed ' duringthe Identified as fiS those of men who saho \ ho fell In 1755 during the EphralmWilliams CphralmWl11Iams DphralmWilliams "Bloody Bloody " Morning Scout , , , " led by Cot Col . Cphralm Dphralm Wl11Iams Williams and King Kng [ Hendrick HendrIch . , . chief of the Mo Mo- MohawL Mohawk - hawk hawL . Indians , , against Baron Dieskau's Dieskaus Dlesknu's Dlesknus ' French Frenchand Frenchand Frenchand and their Indian allies alliesMany alliesMany Many a Colonial American lost his life and andfound andfound andfound found an unmarked unmarhed grave in the forests surrounding sur sur- surroundIng surrounding - rounding Lake George and Lal Lake Lake'Champlain LakeChamplain e 'Champlain Champlain ' Champlain inthose In Intbose inthose tbose those days So this monument is not only a amemorial amemorial amemorial memorial to the four whose dust 'ro ro ' was as given hon honored . ored burial this scar car ear but also to all nil the other otherUnknown otherUnkno Unkno\\ Unkno Unknon Unknown \ \ n Soldiers of the da days s \ when stihen \ hen Great Brit Brit- BritaIn Britain BrItaln - ain aln and France ' " were sere ere 5trh striving strtsiag ing mightily for mas mas- mastery mastery - tery of this continent . . . .S S . * . . Where sleeps the Unknown Soldier Soldler'l Soldlerl Soldler'lIn ? ' In the church churchy churchward nrd and of the quaint old Presby PreClby- PreClby Presby- - Presbyterian PreClbyterlan terian terlan meeting house In Alexandria Alex:1Ddria Alex1Ddria : Va , , Va-r Va r Va'f Vaf ' ; - stands standsa 11 a monument which be beirs Irs this Inscription : "Here Here " lies a soldier hero of or the Revolution Revolution'Whose Revolutionwhose Revolutionwhose 'Whose Whose ' Identity Is known but to God"His God"His God GodHis -His His "His - " was VIas vas an Idealism that recognized a Su- Su Supreme Su Supreme - . preme Being , . that planted religious liberty onour on ononr onour onr our established est'lbfished est'tbfished shores , . that overtlirew overthrew despotism , , that estab est'lb- est'lb estlb est'tb- est'tb esttb ' ' - lished fished a people's peoples ' gO\ gO government gOernment goserument \ ernment , . that wrote srote \ \ rote a Con- Con ConeUtutIon Con-etitutlon Con etitutlon - . eUtutIon stitutlou setting metes and boundsof bounds of delegated authority delegatedauthority , . that tL used fixed erl a standard ofalue of value \alue alue salue \ upon men uponmen above abo\e abo e \ gold and nnd that lifted llfted high the torch torchot torchox torchof ot ox civil clvll clvil liberty llberty along the pathway of mankind mnnklnd . . . "In In " " ' On 'In In ourselves bis bls his soul exists e"tlsts etlsts eelsts " as pirt p1rt pert of ours . , his ours.his ourshis ! Memory's Memorys lrtmory'a lrtmorya ' Mansion . . " It'tas It \ ' was \'tas 'tas tas Bas away back In 1828 that the body of thls this ofthis ofthls unknown unhnown heio helO hew of the struggle for Amerlc'1n Amerlc1n Amertc'tn Amertctn ' ' liberty Americanliberty Amerlc'1nliberty Amertc'tnliberty was discovered dlsco\ered dlsco ered \ . The Tbe Catholics of Alex Alex- Alexandria Alexandria - . andria had purchased some land near the Pees PI es Picsbyterlan esbyterlan Peesbyterian byterlan byterian burial grounds upon which to build S1 St . . Mary's Marys SLMary's SLMarys ' ' church Whileorl While \\orl orl \ workmen \ men menere were \\ere ere \ e\.ca\.1t1ng eca.1t1ng e .ca ca .1t1ng 1t1ng e\cati e cati \ . \ sting . e\cavatlngor e cavatlngor e.ca.1t1ngfor stingfor for ( Its foundations they accidentally extended ctended eetended " ( the trench thetrench bevond beyond be ond the building line of the churcb church churchand churcband churchand and came upon an old bos box about the size of 8 a 8coffin acoffin acoffin coffin . . When they cleared the earth a away \ ay from It they Itthey discovered tliat thnt that ItH1S It \ was \H1S H1S an ammunition box boxRnd boxand boxand Rnd and upon opening It they \ were ere ama/ed ama ed amaied / to find the findthe body of a soldier drE dressed ' , > sed In Continental unt uni untform uniform unlform form forthere Who was he he7 ? No one ' will 'rom rom sill ever l know now , for there were uo no Identify identiC identifying ) Ing marl marks 'J J ' on either the theuniform theuniform theuniform uniform or the box . . Nearly Ne.1rly Ne1rly . half IlaIr a century after this Unknown Unhnown Sol Soldler Soldiet Soldier dler diet bad had died he was Bas ' " us reburied rrburIed rl'buried rlburied ' close be beside hle the theold theold theold old Presbvterian Presbterlun Presbyterian ) meeting house , , but another Cln- Cln ccn Clntury cin-tury cin tury - tury was WDS to elapse before due honoras honor uas \\as as Bas \ \ paid to paidto his memory . As tlie the yea yeai-b yeai b years - [ pissed J'1.ssed J1.ssed J1ssed passed ' . , , memory or of orthe ofthe ofthe the discovery of or his bodi body bod ) In 1828 ISL8 gre grew " , dim and andthe andthe andthe forgotten.Then forgottenThen the site of or bis hIs new grave grace grn : e was Bas \ \ as almost forgotten for otten . . . 'l'hen lhen Then ' ' Mrs Mary G 1'0\\ 1'0 10 ' Poivell 1'0ell Powell \ ell , . , historian hlstorl.m hlstorlm . of the Mo tlieMount theMo theMount Mount nt Vcrnon Vernon chapter of the Daughtcis Daughtels Daughters of the ( heAmerican theAmerlcun theAmerican Amerlcun American Revolution Ite\olutlon Ite olutlon Itevolutlon \ and nnd , widow .Idow Idow . of an OOICc.r OOICcr ofliccr OOICc.rwho ofliccrwho odiccrwho . StonewallJackson who had served on the staff starr of Gen * ' Stonewall toDewall , } Jackson &ckson ckson & In the Civil \ war Bar \ nr , came across the record recordor recordof recordof or of the reburial Her 11cr researches recearches ; dl disclosed c1osed the Sltl site Sltlof siteof sltof ( of the grave and through lier her Influence the Ami Am AmiIC11n Amilean ' IC11n lean Legion [ post lost In n Ale\lIndrla Ale lIndrla Alexandria AIe ' \ : iiDdria iiDdrialth t \ \lth lth \ + Ith ltb the cy cu X1 ' s ? 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Mf3a * aaY , Y + aa aaV > " V fx3 t 1 1&ci &ci ci & % , elation of other patriotic societies erected a atemporary atemporary atemporary temporary marker 0\ 0 os over 0er \ er It on Washington's Washingtons ' birth bIrth- bIrthday birthday birthday - day In 1028 1923 1923Then 1 1028Then 28 28Then Then , , under the leadership of Mrs Joslah JosIah Van VanOrsdel VanOrsdel VanOrsdel Orsdel , president of the National Society of the theChIldren theChildren ChIldren of the American Re\ Re Revolution Reolutlon Resolution \ olutlon , , a move moc mose- mose mo\ mo mosement movement \ c- c - cment - ment was begun to erect a permanent memorIal memorIalover memorialover memorialover over the gra grave grace \ e . Money \ was vas \ as contributed by chil .hll- .hll chil- children < . children .hlldren - dren Apill,1929 Apill1929 from all parts of the country and In Apill Apt U , . 1020 1929 , the monument ' " was vas as completed . . The In Inscription inscription Inscription scription for the tomb wasfltten was written \\fltten fltten Britten \ \ by WllIlam William WllIlam'lyler William'iyler Williamlyler 'lyler lyler 'iyler iyler ' Page , author of "The The " American's Americans AmerIc1n's AmerIc1ns ' Creed Creed"and Creedand , , , " and the dedicn dedicatory tory address " , was as delivered dellsered delh ered by Secretary Sec Secretary Secretary retary of War 1Var JamesY James W \Y Y 1V \ . . Good . , . * s . sWhere * . Where Wltere sleeps sieeps steeps the Unkno\'r Unkno 'r r Unknown \ ' n SoldIer SoldierIn ? In the environs eD\Irons eD Irons enslrons \ of the city of Mexico Me\lco Me lco Merlco ' \ : Is a lIttle c cemetery ( > metery In which shich 'ro ro ' hch [ stands a sunll sm'1l1 sm1l1 small ' granite graniteshaft shaft On It Is Inscribed tbe these e \ words cords ords ' " ' "To To " To the memory of the American soldiers who whoperished whoperished whoperished perished In tills this \ valley Salley alley In 3S47 1847 1517 , , \ whose \ hose bones col toI- toI - . collected toIlected lected buried7 burled730 by the country s oidcr older orders & : . , are here buried burled -7 7 -730 730 - 750 0 " Only that thnt and nnd nothing nothinJ more The names of the ofthe 750 jO 730 ; ) are forgotten now . , If Indeed there ssas ssasever \ wasever \ as asever ever any record of themZhey them themIheyare 1 ' Zhey Iheyare hey- hey heyare - are the Unkno\\ Unkno Unknos Unknown Unknon \ \ n Soldiers Solillers of ot the tbe MexIcan MexIcanwar Mexicanwar Mexicanwar war . . 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