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Asbury Haynes wearing the overcoat he wore in the procession 100 years ago today, November 11, 1921, an unknown American soldier killed in World War I was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington D.C. A large procession and ceremony marked this important and historic occasion. Known since as The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, it has become an important and powerful symbol of the patriotism, courage and sacrifice of the American soldier. ​ Frank M. O’Brien, writing in t

A CIVIL WAR VET WITH A GAT George Camp was not the only Civil War veteran to be arrested for illegally discharging a firearm in Seattle, but he was the only one to have a cartoon made about it. In January 1914, a former Union army soldier, George Lowe Camp, was overtaken by what Seattle newspaper described as a “warlike spirit” that ended in gunfire, a fatality, and ultimately Mr. Camp’s arrest. The 79 year old veteran of the 92nd Ohio Volunteer Infantry had been part of s