{"id":1000082,"date":"2021-11-11T18:43:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T23:43:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1000082"},"modified":"2021-11-11T18:43:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T23:43:42","slug":"exclusive-patrick-k-odonnell-dedication-of-the-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier-was-a-moment-of-unity-and-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-patrick-k-odonnell-dedication-of-the-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier-was-a-moment-of-unity-and-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive \u2014 Patrick K. O&#039;Donnell: Dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Was a Moment of &#039;Unity and Healing&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">40<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-patrick-k-odonnell-dedication-of-the-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier-was-a-moment-of-unity-and-healing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1000082&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-56368538-e1636670134560-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Patrick K. O\u2019Donnell, military historian and author of&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unknowns-Americas-Soldier-Decorated-Brought\/dp\/0802128335?tag=breitbart035-20\"><\/a>,&nbsp;<\/em>said on Veterans Day that the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on November 11, 1921, was a moment of \u201chealing and unity\u201d that transcended ethnic and racial lines in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell reflected on the centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier\u2019s consecration at Arlington National Cemetery and the interment of unknown American military serviceperson\u2019s remains beneath the memorial.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe tomb is as important then as it is now,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a unifying moment in history a hundred years ago, and it brought together disparate portions of our country. \u2026 It\u2019s a sense of unity and healing.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>He added, \u201cThe World War 1 unknown [soldier]&nbsp;was brought back and interned in Arlington today \u2014 100 years ago \u2014 and it\u2019s the tomb that represents all Americans who have served in all wars, and I think that\u2019s what makes it our most special and maybe our almost most important war memorial in America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will never be another unknown soldier with DNA analysis,\u201d O\u2019Donnell remarked.<\/p>\n<p>O\u2019Donnell noted that 3rd Cavalry Regiment of the U.S. Army, known as the Old Guard, who protect the memorial every minute of the day, are well-versed on the history of the tomb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good to be alive,\u201d O\u2019Donnell said of his thoughts on Veterans Day in contemplating the fallen among America\u2019s military servicepersons.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\" readability=\"31.5\">\n<div readability=\"8\">\n<p><em>Breitbart News Daily broadcasts live on SiriusXM Patriot 125 weekdays from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. Eastern.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick K. O\u2019Donnell, military historian and author of\u00a0,\u00a0said on Veterans Day that the dedication of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on November 11, 1921, was a moment of \u201chealing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1000082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1000082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1000082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1000082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1000082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1000082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}