Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

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cenotaph military monument war memorial

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a solemn U.S. military monument honoring unidentified American service members who died in war.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington)	1
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)	1
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier plaza	1
Tomb of the Unknown from World War II	1
Tomb of the Unknown from the Korean War	1
Tomb plaza at Arlington National Cemetery	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cenotaph ⓘ military monument ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
architect	Lorimer Rich ⓘ
ceremony	Changing of the Guard ⓘ
commemorates	American war dead ⓘ Korean War American service members ⓘ Vietnam War American service members ⓘ World War I American service members ⓘ World War II American service members ⓘ unknown American service members ⓘ
continuousGuardingSince	April 6, 1948 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dedicatedBy	Warren G. Harding ⓘ surface form: President Warren G. Harding
dedicatedOn	November 11, 1921 ⓘ
guardedBy	3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) ⓘ Tomb Guard ⓘ
guardingBegan	1926 ⓘ
hasFeature	amphitheater nearby ⓘ plaza for ceremonial events ⓘ
hasInscription	HERE RESTS IN HONORED GLORY AN AMERICAN SOLDIER KNOWN BUT TO GOD ⓘ
hasPart	Crypt of the Unknown from the Vietnam War ⓘ Tomb of the Unknown from World War I ⓘ Tomb of the Unknown Soldier self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tomb of the Unknown from World War II Tomb of the Unknown Soldier self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tomb of the Unknown from the Korean War
hasSymbol	six inverted wreaths representing major World War I campaigns ⓘ three Greek figures representing Peace, Victory, and Valor ⓘ three sculpted wreaths on each side panel ⓘ
height	approximately 11 feet ⓘ
heritageDesignation	part of Arlington National Cemetery National Historic Landmark district ⓘ
inception	1921 ⓘ
length	approximately 8 feet ⓘ
locatedIn	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ Southeast Washington, D.C. ⓘ surface form: United States Capitol region
location	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ
maintainedBy	United States Army ⓘ
materialUsed	Colorado Yule marble ⓘ surface form: Yule marble
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
overlooks	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
ownedBy	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
sculptor	Thomas Hudson Jones ⓘ
significance	symbol of national mourning ⓘ symbol of sacrifice of unidentified service members ⓘ
style	neoclassical architecture ⓘ
warCommemorated	Korean War ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
width	approximately 13 feet ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hellenic Parliament → adjacentTo → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Athens)

Lorimer Rich → coDesignerOf → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

Arlington National Cemetery → contains → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

Arlington, Virginia → contains → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

Lorimer Rich → designed → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

Tomb Guard → dutyLocation → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tomb plaza at Arlington National Cemetery

National War Memorial → hasFeature → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

Arlington Heights → hasLandmark → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

Memorial Amphitheater → hasPart → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier → hasPart → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tomb of the Unknown from World War II

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier → hasPart → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tomb of the Unknown from the Korean War

Crypt of the Unknown from the Vietnam War → locatedInCemeterySection → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier plaza

Yule Creek Valley → materialFromValleyUsedIn → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

Colorado Yule marble → notableUse → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

Lorimer Rich → notableWork → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

Crypt of the Unknown from the Vietnam War → partOf → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

Tomb Guard → responsibleFor → Tomb of the Unknown Soldier ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (Arlington)