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Tomb of Unknown Soldier is completed. Finally completed, the Tomb of America's Unknown Soldier as been opened to the public at Arlington Cemetary. Cut out of Colorado marble, the monument shows the figure "Victory" holding with one hand a male figure representing "Valor" and with the other a woman depicting "Peace". The main section of the monument is the largest single piece of marble ever quarried in this country, originally weighing 55 tons and being cut to about 40 tons

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