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The neoclassical, white marble sarcophagus stands atop a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. Author: Reagan Roy Updated: 2:37 PM CST January 20, 2021
ARLINGTON, Va. The
The neoclassical, white marble sarcophagus stands atop a hill overlooking Washington, D.C. Since 1921, it has provided a final resting place for one of America’s unidentified World War I service members, and Unknowns from later wars were added in 1958 and 1984. The Tomb has also served as a place of mourning and a site for reflection on military service.
Credit: Arlington National Cemetery
Background
Through the ages, one of the consequences of warfare has been large numbers of unidentified dead. Sometimes unidentified remains resulted from poor record keeping, the damage that weapons of war inflicted on bodies, or the haste required to bury the dead and mark gravesites. In the United States prior to the Civil War, unidentified remains were often buried in mass graves. At Ar
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World War II veteran Dave Armstrong turned 100 years old last Monday, and the local living legend was treated with a Zoom birthday party with several of his closest friends to celebrate the occasion.
Armstrong helped train sled dogs at Camp Rimini during the war, and as a co-founder of the âRace to the Skyâ sled dog race he was a two-time recipient of the Race to the Sky Sportsmanship Award, in 1990 and 1995.
The Montana Military Museum published a new calendar featuring Armstrong, and his friends at the facility at Fort Harrison have also designated 2021 as âThe Year of Dave Armstrong.â
9 SAN DIEGO – Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Southwest Facilities Engineering and Acquisition Division (FEAD) Point Loma completed construction Oct. 29 on a renovation project to Naval Base Point Loma’s (NBPL) historic Building 158 that will now house the installation’s security forces.
The project converted Building 158, which is on a National Register of Historic Properties eligible archaeological site, to a new headquarters for NBPL Security Forces. The building was placed on the register for its role in the Fort Rosecrans Historic District, which had a period of significance from 1897 to 1940. The Fort Rosecrans Historic District played a major role in the development of San Diego as a strategic military center on the Pacific Coast as well as an influencing economic, social, and physical character of the region. The district exemplifies the Colonial Revival architectural styles selected by the U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps of the per