Location: Arlington National Cemetery  Destination: Arlington, Virginia Country: United States Year Taken: 2009
Photographer: Jon Rochetti Blog: The DC Traveler
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington Cemetery outside of Washington, DC is guarded around the clock, 365 days-a-year, since 1937.
Beginning after World War II, special detail from the 3rd United States Infantry, also called The Old Guard, have been protecting the tomb.
In 1921, an unidentified soldier who had died during World War I in France, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery in a temporary crypt. Eleven years …read more