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Memorial Day at Arlington Elevates Unknown Dead Role
In 1925 Arlington National Cemetery joins Armistice Day in shaping Memorial Day observance with a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Dead. President Coolidge will speak as national ceremonies merge war remembrance with hopes for peace and continued defense of liberty and justice.
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John Dickinson Sherman
Néw American Shrine
Arlington National Cemetery
Arlington
President Coolidge
Brotherhood of Man
Coolidge
Washington
White House
United States
Potomac Valley
George Washington Monument
Lincoln Memorial
Capitol
Red Cross
Harding
Lincoln
Republic
Potomac
Arlington Memorial Bridge
Congress
Arlington Amphitheater
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Joe” Wheeler
West Point
Virginia
Thomas W. Higginson
Admiral George Dewey
Washington Cathedral
Wilson
War Department
Bethlehem Chapel
Admiral Dewey
Wilbur
Badger
Rodman
Eberle
Hilary Jones
Wood
Colvocoresses
Dewey
Manila
Marion
Harding Memorial Association
National Fine Arts Commission
Paul Cret
Philadelphia
Edgerton Swartwout
New York
John Russell Pope
Henry Hornbostel
Pittsburgh
Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon
War Weeks
Charles M. Schwab