For the 100th episode of this podcast, I wanted to feature an event from 100 years ago. On November 11, 1921, the Tomb of the Unknown Solder was dedicated. But, how were the interred remains chosen? And, what else was being reported that day? Listen to find out the answers to these questions and many more.

SOURCES

“Address at the Burial of an Unknown American Soldier at Arlington Cemetery.” Address at the Burial of an Unknown American Soldier at Arlington Cemetery | The American Presidency Project, November 11, 1921. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/address-the-burial-unknown-american-soldier-arlington-cemetery.

“Advertisement: The Master Mind (Page 2).” The Miami News (Miami, Florida), November 11, 1921. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Todd Found Guilty: Gets Death Penalty.” Corsicana Daily Sun (Corsicana, Texas), November 11, 1921. www.newspapers.com.

Associated Press. “Youth Implicated Gatesville Sentence.” Austin American-Statesman (Austin, Texas), November 18, 1921. www.newspapers.com.

“Boy Slayer Of Service Car Driver Is Freed.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas), December 23, 1926. www.newspapers.com.

Cramer, Maria. “Tomb of the Unknowns Welcomes the Public for First Time in 73 Years.” The New York Times. The New York Times, November 5, 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/05/us/tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier-100th-anniversary.html.

Evans, Frank G. “Young Wife Of Todd May Save HIs Neck If New Trial Granted.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas), November 19, 1921. www.newspapers.com.

“Father Returns Escaped Lifer To Huntsville Walls.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas), April 20, 1932. www.newspapers.com.

“Granbury Jury Gives Ten Years For Robbery.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas), May 20, 1930. www.newspapers.com.

Hernandez, Joe. “The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Had Its First All-Female Guard Change in History.” NPR. NPR, October 4, 2021. https://www.npr.org/2021/10/04/1043055912/tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier-first-all-female-guard-change-arlington-cemetery.

“Jensen To Be Taken Back To Prison.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas), September 30, 1925. www.newspapers.com.

“Lad 14 Describes Killing Of Chaffeur [Sic] Trio Wanted His Car.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas), September 5, 1921. www.newspapers.com.

“Most Beautiful Girl In United States .” The Owensboro Messenger (Owensboro, Kentucky), November 11, 1921. www.newspapers.com.

“Nation's Nameless Hero Now Rests In Arlington.” The Standard Union (Brooklyn, New York), November 11, 1921. www.newspapers.com.

“Officers Get Car And Four Thieves.” The Cleveland Star, (Shelby, North Carolina), November 11, 1921. www.newspapers.com.

“Police Drag Stream For Man's Body.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas), September 2, 1921. www.newspapers.com.

Storey, Celia. “Pine Bluff Teacher Blindsided in 1921 When Paper Names Her Most Beautiful Woman in U.S.” Arkansas Online, October 25, 2021. https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/oct/25/1921s-mysterious-arkansas-beauty/.

“Suspect Held In Autoist Murder.” Fort Worth Star-Telegram (Fort Worth, Texas), September 3, 1921. www.newspapers.com.

“The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.” Arlington National Cemetery. Accessed November 11, 2021. https://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil/Explore/Tomb-of-the-Unknown-Soldier.

SOUND SOURCES

Al Jolson. “I’ll Say She Does.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Lucille Hegamin and The Dixie Daisies. “Cold Winter Blues.” www.pixabay.com/music.

Sophie Tucker. “Reuben Rag.” www.pixabay.com/music.