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1 posted on 11/18/2011 8:41:39 PM PST by shove_it
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Photo by Rachel Larue Bruno Bourg-Broc, deputy to the French national Chamber of Deputies and mayor to the city of Chalons, France, and U.S. Army retired Col. Harry O. Amos are escorted to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for the laying of white roses in honor of the ceremony that took place in 1921 when the Soldier first interred in the memorial was chosen.

2 posted on 11/18/2011 8:45:16 PM PST by shove_it (old Old Guardsman)
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I heard a while ago that the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier had a very serious and lengthy crack in the marble that needed to be repaired. I wonder if this was ever completed.


4 posted on 11/18/2011 9:48:02 PM PST by wideminded
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Very moving piece. We shall always remember their sacrifice.


12 posted on 12/04/2011 8:23:09 PM PST by Ciexyz
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