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Creation of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier...
Creation of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier...
Item # 722529
November 11, 1921
CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE, Illinois, Nov. 11, 1921
* Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The front page has a 4 image series depicting a famous poem, "The Colors", 1st published on Aug. 7, 1914. Additionally, there is a one column article: "STREAM OF LIFE MOVES PAST BIER OF U.S. UNKNOWN - Capital Thousands Pay Honor".
On March 4, 1921 Congress approved the burial of an unidentified American serviceman from World War I in the plaza of the new Memorial Amphitheater. On November 11, 1921--the date of this issue--the unknown soldier brought back from France was interred below a three-level marble tomb. Thus was the beginning of one of the most visited sites at the National Cemetery at Arlington.
Complete in 28 pages, light toning and a little wear at the margins, generally good.
background: On November 10, 1921, the U.S. Capitol Rotunda was transformed into a site of immense national grief as the Unknown Soldier lay in state atop the same catafalque once used for Abraham Lincoln. Throughout the day, an estimated 90,000 mourners—ranging from high-ranking diplomats to grieving mothers—queued in lines that stretched blocks into the surrounding streets, waiting hours for a brief moment to pass the flag-draped casket. The air was thick with the scent of thousands of floral tributes, and the only sounds were the soft shuffling of feet and the rhythmic click of the honor guard's boots. This day served as a powerful emotional crescendo for a country still reeling from World War I; because the soldier’s identity was a mystery, he became a universal symbol for the thousands of American families who had no grave to visit, making the Rotunda a sanctuary for collective healing just twenty-four hours before his final journey to Arlington National Cemetery.
Category: The 20th Century
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