![Honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington, Virginia, in 1921 (© Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [LC-USZ62-94538])](https://majormike.us/mmb-wp-content/uploads/2017/11/111117.3.jpg)
Address: Memorial Dr, Arlington, VA 22211
Phone: 1 (877) 907-8585
Opened: 1921
Architect: Thomas Hastings

Tomb as of November 11, 1922. The Tomb of 1931 would occupy this same location.
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(1921) The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is dedicated in Arlington.
Also on this day,
1852 | Louisa May Alcott sees her first published story in print
Also on this day,
1852 | Louisa May Alcott sees her first published story in print
American writer Lousia May Alcott, 21, receives $5 in payment from the Saturday Evening Gazette, a Boston weekly, for her story “The Rival Painters: A Story of Rome.” Alcott will go on to publish several more stories in the Gazette before writing the popular children’s novel, “Little Women.”1918 | The ‘war to end all wars’ has itself finally ended as First World War ends
Germany and the Allies sign an armistice to end the war at the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month. Over 16 million people have died in four years of fighting. The First World War is described as “the war to end all wars” due to the bloody devastation. This day will hereafter be known as Armistice Day.2000 | Disaster strikes an Austrian train
A funicular railway crammed with skiers turns into death trap when it catches fire in an Alpine tunnel. Toxic smoke and flames overwhelm the passengers, which include many children, claiming 115 lives. Only 12 people escape. A heater turns out to be the source of the fire.
Today in History 11/11/17

The announcing of the armistice on November 11, 1918, was the occasion for large celebrations in the allied nations.
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