Register | Login


Throughout history, thousands of wars have been fought and millions of soldiers have lost their lives, but only an insignificant fraction of victims had their monuments erected, honored or remembered through stories. The majority of them had their remains sent home to their families where they now lie in some cemetery, in some corner of the world, remembered only by their closest friends and families. Sometimes bodies are so badly mutilated and burned that many fallen soldiers remain unidentified.

After World War 1, a movement began to commemorate these unknown soldiers with a single tomb, that would contain the body of one such unidentified soldier. That one soldier would then serve as a symbol of the sacrifice of all the unknown soldiers who died in battle. Today, there are many such memorials around the world. They are called “Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.”

tomb-of-unknown-soldier-usa-1

A soldier of the U.S. Army stands guard over The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Virginia. Photo credit

Read more »
© Amusing Planet, 2015.


Lebanons Thinnest Building Was Built Out of Spite
Lebanons Thinnest Building Was Built Out of Spite
Leidens Love Affair With Poems And Equations
Leidens Love Affair With Poems And Equations
Lenins Hut in Razliv
Lenins Hut in Razliv
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Golden Horn Bridge
Leonardo Da Vinci’s Golden Horn Bridge
Letters of Utrecht The Endless Poem
Letters of Utrecht The Endless Poem
Letters Q W And X Were Once Illegal in Turkey
Letters Q W And X Were Once Illegal in Turkey
Leviathan of Parsonstown
Leviathan of Parsonstown
Libreria Acqua Alta Venices Flooded Bookstore
Libreria Acqua Alta Venices Flooded Bookstore