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Congress approved the burial of the Unknown from WWI in the plaza of the Memorial Amphitheater on March 4, 1921. The interment took place on November 11, 1921, with [[President]] [[Warren G. Harding]] officiating. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] presided over the burial of the Unknowns from both WWII and Korea on May 30, 1958. The Vietnam Unknown was interred on May 28, 1984. President [[Ronald Reagan]] awarded the Medal of Honor to the Unknown at the ceremony, and also acted as next of kin by accepting the interment flag. The flags and the Medals of Honor for the Unknowns are on display in the Memorial Display Room.<ref>[http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/visitor_information/tomb_of_the_unknowns.html Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery]</ref>
 
Congress approved the burial of the Unknown from WWI in the plaza of the Memorial Amphitheater on March 4, 1921. The interment took place on November 11, 1921, with [[President]] [[Warren G. Harding]] officiating. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] presided over the burial of the Unknowns from both WWII and Korea on May 30, 1958. The Vietnam Unknown was interred on May 28, 1984. President [[Ronald Reagan]] awarded the Medal of Honor to the Unknown at the ceremony, and also acted as next of kin by accepting the interment flag. The flags and the Medals of Honor for the Unknowns are on display in the Memorial Display Room.<ref>[http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/visitor_information/tomb_of_the_unknowns.html Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery]</ref>
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The 3rd U.S. Infantry, traditionally known as the "Old Guard", keeps a 24-hour [[vigil]] at the tomb.<ref>[http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/ceremonies/old_guard.html The Old Guard]</ref> The "Changing of the Guard" ceremony takes place every thirty minutes in the summer and once an hour during wintertime.
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The 3rd U.S. Infantry, traditionally known as the "Old Guard", keeps a 24-hour [[vigil]] at the tomb.<ref>[http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/ceremonies/old_guard.html The Old Guard]</ref> The "Changing of the Guard" ceremony takes place every thirty minutes in the summer and once an hour during wintertime.  While the cemetery is open, the Changing of the Guard is highly popular; prior to the ceremony the audience is commanded to remain "silent and standing" while it is in process.
    
==Interments==
 
==Interments==
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