Kerry Byrne

The United States Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated at Arlington National Cemetery — following a reverential selection process that spanned the Atlantic Ocean — on this day in history, Nov. 11, 1921.

The remains of the American hero buried beneath the tomb was chosen from thousands of unidentified doughboys killed in World War I and buried in France.

“Here rests in honored glory an American Soldier, Known but to God,” reads the inscription on the marble tomb.

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, NOV. 10, 1928, NOTRE DAME SHOCKS ARMY TO ‘WIN ONE FOR THE GIPPER’ AT YANKEE STADIUM

Crypts for Unknown Soldiers from World War II and Korea were added in 1958.

“The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is Arlington National Cemetery’s most iconic memorial,” according to the U.S. Army’s online cemetery education program.

“It has stood at the heart of the cemetery, serving as a…