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    Where is the tomb of the unknown soldier?

    Question #109700. Asked by Lightningfan9. (Oct 11 09 7:37 PM)


    star_gazer

    		For the US its Arlington Cemetery.

    http://www.arlingtoncemetery.org/

    Oct 11 09, 7:39 PM
    unclerick

    		Canada's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is at the National War Memorial in Ottawa. It contains the remains of an unidentified Canadian soldier killed in the first world war.

    http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=memorials/tomb

    Oct 11 09, 7:49 PM
    mctavish99

    		There are many monuments around the world named the "Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" or similar, dating as far back as the ancient Greeks.

    Some of them are listed here

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_the_Unknown_Soldier

    Argentina Metropolitan Cathedral in Buenos Aires
    Australian War Memorial in Canberra
    Austria Heldenplatz in Vienna
    Belgium Colonnade of the Congress in Brussels
    Bolivia Monumento al Soldado Desconocido in La Paz
    Brazil Monument to the Pracinhas in Rio de Janeiro
    Bulgaria Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Sofia
    Bulgaria Monument to the Unknown Soldier in Haskovo

    [Added partial list from above link -- Zb]

    Oct 11 09, 11:06 PM

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