{"id":2033,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1921ce-oct-24--2033","name":"1921 CE, October 24","year":1921,"era":"CE","month":10,"day":24,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1921ce-oct-24--2033","iso-date":"1921-10-24","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn the French town of Chalons-sur-Marne, U.S. Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger, a decorated World War I veteran, selects 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. The following day, the Unknown Soldier’s casket departed from the port of Le Havre on board the USS Olympia.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"\u003cp\u003eOn November 11, 1921, 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. \u003ca href=\"https://arlingtoncemetery.mil/Portals/0/Tomb%20History%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf\"\u003eMore\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","photo":"","created_at":"2025-03-24T08:29:55-07:00","updated_at":"2025-10-22T17:11:51-07:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"October History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/october"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"October 24","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/october-24"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1921ce-oct-24--2033#eventK365","name":"1921 CE, October 24","headline":"In the French town of Chalons-sur-Marne, U - 1921 CE","description":"In the French town of Chalons-sur-Marne, U.S. Army Sgt. Edward F. Younger, a decorated World War I veteran, selects the \"Unknown Soldier\" to be interred in...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1921ce-oct-24--2033","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2025-03-24T08:29:55-07:00","dateModified":"2025-10-22T17:11:51-07:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"temporalCoverage":"1921-10-24","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/october","name":"What Happened in October History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/october-24#pageK365","name":"What Happened on October 24"}]}}