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A man has been accused of "desecrating" Paris's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after using its eternal flame to light a ...
In the center of Paris, a place magnetized by history attracts glances as well as silence. Just beneath the Arc de Triomphe, ...
Outrage as man uses memorial flame at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier to light cigarette - A man has been arrested after the footage of the incident in Paris was posted on social media ...
A homeless man who "defied" a war memorial by stepping over the guard rail to light a cigarette on the flame now faces ...
A Moroccan man faces deportation after lighting a cigarette at France's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, sparking outrage and ...
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is guarded 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and in any weather by Tomb Guard sentinels. Tomb Guards are volunteers -- part of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, also ...
Since that time, the remains of three other soldiers — one each representing World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War — have been interred in the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. 1.
One hundred years ago this week, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated to commemorate the final resting place of an unknown soldier from World War I, interred on Armistice Day, Nov. 11, 1921.
Following the Vietnam War, however, the tomb’s tenders faced a new problem: an unknown soldier of that war was to be buried at Arlington alongside his comrades, but between modern identification ...
The armed guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery has been unable to stop the attack of time and the elements on its marble exterior. Tom Bearden reports on the ...