{"id":4613,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1921ce-nov-11--4613","name":"1921 CE, November 11","year":1921,"era":"CE","month":11,"day":11,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1921ce-nov-11--4613","iso-date":"1921-11-11","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated in Arlington Cemetery in Washington DC. On November 11, 1921, The prior month, in the French town of Chalons-sur-Marne, U.S. Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger, a decorated World War I veteran, had selected the \"Unknown Soldier\" to be interred in the planned Tomb at Arlington National Cemetery, by laying a spray of white roses upon one of four caskets.\u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"\u003cp\u003eThe following day, the Unknown Soldier’s casket departed from the port of Le Havre on board the USS Olympia. In Washington DC, The Unknown Soldier was placed on a horse-drawn caisson and carried in a procession through Washington, D.C. and across the Potomac River. A state funeral ceremony was held at Arlington National Cemetery's new Memorial Amphitheater and buried in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, D.C.\u0026nbsp;\u003ca href=\"https://arlingtoncemetery.mil/Portals/0/Tomb%20History%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003eMore\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","photo":"","created_at":"2025-11-11T12:16:58-08:00","updated_at":"2025-11-11T12:21:11-08:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"November History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/november"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"November 11","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/november-11"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1921ce-nov-11--4613#eventK365","name":"1921 CE, November 11","headline":"The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated in Arlington Cemetery in Washington DC - 1921 CE","description":"The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated in Arlington Cemetery in Washington DC. On November 11, 1921, The prior month, in the French town of...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1921ce-nov-11--4613","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2025-11-11T12:16:58-08:00","dateModified":"2025-11-11T12:21:11-08:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"temporalCoverage":"1921-11-11","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/november","name":"What Happened in November History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/november-11#pageK365","name":"What Happened on November 11"}]}}