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![General John J. Pershing joined with members of the Service Star Legion in paying homage to the World War dead at Arlington National Cemetery before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Tuesday afternoon, May 26th. Mrs. Henry F. Baker of Hyde, Md., placed a bronze insignia of the Order in the Trophy Room of the Amphitheatre. The picture shows Mrs. Florence M. Thorpe of Lynn, Massachusetts. laying the insignia upon the tomb. General Pershing is [...] directly behind Mrs. Thorpe. At the General's left is [...] Baker, then Mrs. [Max?] Mayer of Des Moines, Iowa and General [...] T. Hines, Director of the Veterans Bureau](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjUvMDEvMDEvZ2VuZXJhbC1qb2huLWotcGVyc2hpbmctam9pbmVkLXdpdGgtbWVtYmVycy1vZi10aGUtc2VydmljZS1zdGFyLWxlZ2lvbi1pbi1wYXlpbmctMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/30/webp "General John J. Pershing joined with members of the Service Star Legion in paying homage to the World War dead at Arlington National Cemetery before the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Tuesday afternoon, May 26th. Mrs. Henry F. Baker of Hyde, Md., placed a bronze insignia of the Order in the Trophy Room of the Amphitheatre. The picture shows Mrs. Florence M. Thorpe of Lynn, Massachusetts. laying the insignia upon the tomb. General Pershing is [...] directly behind Mrs. Thorpe. At the General's left is [...] Baker, then Mrs. [Max?] Mayer of Des Moines, Iowa and General [...] T. Hines, Director of the Veterans Bureau")