Today is the 100th Anniversary of the Dedication of the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier.
Friday, November 11. Veterans Day
Today In Wyoming's History: November 11. Veterans Day:
1921 Warren G. Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
On this day in 1921 the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated in Arlington National Cemetery. I noted that on our companion blog, Today In Wyoming's History, quite some time ago, but the photo below, of Chief Plenty Coups, whom I discussed on November 8, is a new addition here.
Also noting the tragedy of the Great War, today was the first day in which the Royal British Legion sold poppies in remembrance of the war. This tradition still goes on in the United Kingdom and also in Canada. When I was a kid, it occurred here in the form of artificial "bloody poppies" that were sold by one of the two veterans organizations, although I forget which one I dimly recall it was the VFW, but I could be in error.
Harding gave a speech, as noted, at the event, which was transmitted nationwide by telephone wires by AT&T.
A photographer played with black and while film to capture this image at 10:30 that evening.
The war with Germany officially ended on this day, not coincidentally, as the US and Weimar Germany officially recognized the peace. Germany also was reaching out to the Soviet Union with the formation of Deruluft, a joint German Russian airline. It operated until 1937.
The New York Bible Society presented a bible to the conference meeting in Washington on arms limitation.
