National Museum Closes for Burial of Unknown Soldier

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Summary

All the exhibition halls and offices of the United States National Museum are closed on November 11, 1921, in honor of the burial of America's unknown soldier at Arlington Cemetery.

Subject

Arlington National Cemetery (Arlington, Va.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Report of the Secretary, Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the Year 1922, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1924, p. 41

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

November 11, 1921

Topic

  • Closings
  • Holidays
  • Memorials
  • Veterans Day
  • History
  • Tomb of the Unknowns (Va.)
  • Military
  • Armed Forces
  • Armed Forces--History

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