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# The History of the Unknown Soldier & Veterans Day
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/movies/american-heart-in-wwi-a-carnegie-hall-tribute-hndyoo-2/extras/the-history-of-the-unknown-soldier-gc2zdq-2/
- Published: 2025-11-10T20:00:57.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-12T23:00:17.000Z
- Description: John Monsky details the history of the Unknown Soldier and the origins of Veterans Day.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: american-heart-in-wwi-a-carnegie-hall-tribute-hndyoo-2, #ZZZ_Show_cb9857f0-a36d-47c4-9906-337aa9c82475, #geo-us, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_2ca581e9-d9f4-4c7a-b6ed-cb5fd208f8ef, #movie-extra

The U.S. takes no territory in WWI, only leases for nine cemeteries for the American dead. Each grave has a stone that reads, "Here rests in honored glory an American soldier known but to God." In 1921, Congress votes to create the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. John Monsky, on stage at Carnegie Hall, describes how this led to the origin of our Veterans Day.