{"id":3168,"date":"2014-04-20T20:54:52","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T20:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=3168"},"modified":"2022-09-13T23:56:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T23:56:29","slug":"arlington-cemetery-and-the-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=3168","title":{"rendered":"Arlington Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At Arlington Cemetery we walked around a bit and then visited the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. \u00a0We didn&#8217;t get there at a time to see the changing of the guard, but we did get there to see some presentations of floral wreaths by schoolchildren. \u00a0There were three different wreath presentations, each with 4 schoolchildren and a lot of ceremony by the soldiers involved.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a video we took of the wreath ceremony: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hRM1opND8ck\">(click here)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And, 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