The story of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier begins on the battlefields of Europe as the guns fell silent on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of 1918. The American ...

Five years later, the first soldiers were assigned to guard the Tomb of the Unknown Solider at the cemetery to discourage visitors from climbing or stepping on it. In 1937, the guarding became a ...

A new book by the artist Dorothy Cross tells the remarkable story of Cecil, UCC’s Egyptian mummy, and his return home ...

Many of those interred in Arlington’s more than 600 acres made the ultimate sacrifice for their country. Their legacies ...

MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is in Moscow on a working visit, has laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier near the Kremlin wall, a TASS correspondent reported.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding talks with the head of Myanmar’s military government, who is seeking to cement ties with Moscow as he faces isolation from the West.

Putin raised a customary glass of champagne with soldiers on Defender of the Fatherland Day, honoring their role in protecting Russia’s sovereignty. He later knelt at the Tomb of the Unknown ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures after attending a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown ...

The USS Olympia is best known for winning the Battle of Manila Bay and for transporting a service member's remains to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Biden participates in Wreath Laying Ceremony, delivers Memorial Day Address President Joe Biden participated in a Wreath Laying Ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National ...

In March 1926, soldiers from nearby Fort Myer were first assigned to guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The guards, present only during daylight hours, discouraged visitors from climbing or ...