Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington County, Virginia, United States is the burial site of a World War I soldier whose remains were unidentifiable.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Cemetery
- Description: historic funerary monument in Arlington dedicated to deceased U.S. service members whose remains have not been identified
- Also known as: “Tomb of the Unknowns”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Arlington National Cemetery and Pentagon.
Arlington National Cemetery
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Arlington National Cemetery is in Arlington, Virginia. Just across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., adjacent to the Pentagon, this national military cemetery includes John F.
Pentagon
Military installation
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The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia, across the Potomac River from Washington, D.C. The building was constructed on an accelerated schedule during World War II. Pentagon is situated 1 mile east of Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penrose Historic District and Pentagon City.
Penrose Historic District
Neighborhood
The Penrose Historic District is a national historic district located at Arlington County, Virginia within the Penrose, Arlington, Virginia neighborhood.
Pentagon City
Suburb
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Pentagon City is an unincorporated neighborhood located in the southeast portion of Arlington County, Virginia. It is located near the Pentagon and Arlington National Cemetery.
Court House, Virginia
Suburb
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Court House, also known as Courthouse, is a neighborhood in northern Arlington County, Virginia that serves as Arlington's seat of government. It is generally bounded by Arlington Boulevard, N Rhodes Street, Courthouse Road, Key Boulevard, and N Danville Street, and is located along an urban corridor that follows the Orange and Silver Metro lines.
Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
- Categories: tomb of the unknown soldier and burial
- Location: Arlington, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Tomb of the Unknown Soldier” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Tumba de los desconocíos”
- Chinese: “无名烈士墓”
- Chinese: “無名塚”
- Chinese: “無名戰士墓”
- Esperanto: “Tombo de la Nekonatoj”
- French: “tombe des Inconnus”
- French: “Tombe des inconnus”
- French: “Tombe des Inconnus”
- German: “Grab der Unbekannten”
- Italian: “Tomba del milite ignoto (Arlington)”
- Italian: “Tomba del milite ignoto”
- Japanese: “無名戦士の墓”
- Polish: “Grób Nieznanych Żołnierzy na Narodowym Cmentarzu w Arlington”
- Portuguese: “Túmulo do Soldado Desconhecido (Arlington)”
- Portuguese: “Túmulo do Soldado Desconhecido”
- Russian: “Могила неизвестного солдата (Арлингтон)”
- Russian: “Могила неизвестного солдата в Вашингтоне”
- Russian: “Могила неизвестного солдата на Арлингтонском кладбище”
- Russian: “Могила неизвестного солдата”
- Spanish: “Tumba de los desconocidos”
- Spanish: “Tumba de los soldados desconocidos”
- Spanish: “Tumba del soldado desconocido”
- Urdu: “نامعلوم فوجی کا مقبرہ (آرلنگٹن)”
- Urdu: “نامعلوم فوجی کا مقبرہ”
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