November 11

Some Of The 72,000 Names Of British And Commonwealth Soldiers,

Carved In The Thiepval Memorial On The Somme, Killed In 1916 

And 1917 And With No Known Grave -- Every One Of Them A Son,

Brother; Lover, Husband; Friend (Photo: LIFE Magazine, 2004)

Britain's Unknown Soldier, Buried In 1920, Westminster Abbey:

They Buried Him Among The Kings Because He Had Done
Good Toward God And Toward His House (Photo: Blog)

Tomb Of The Unknown, Arlington National Cemetery, Washington

D.C., On The Day After The Unknown Soldier Was Buried In 1921

Ici Repose Un Soldat Francais, Mort Pour La Patrie, 1914-1918

Under The Arch d'Triomphe, Paris, 2008. After Ninety Years, There

Are Always Flowers Here, Left Mostly By Ordinary Citizens.

Germany Has No One, Central Memorial With An Unknown Soldier

From The Great War, But In Cemeteries On The Old Western

Front, There Are Numerous Headstones Like This One

(Photo: Shadowplay/RedBubble)

Italy's Monument To Its Unknown Soldier In Rome Was Made

Part Of The Vittorio (Completed 1911), Italy's Memorial

Celebrating The Nation's Unification.

Influenza Warning Notice For Theater Patrons,

Chicago, Illinois; November 11, 1918 (Wikipedia)

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