NY National Guard WWI Veteran Led Effort to Create Tomb of Unknown Soldier [Image 7 of 7]

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VA, UNITED STATES

11.11.1922

Courtesy Photo

New York National Guard

A military honor guard presents honors at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for World War I at Arlington National Cemetery, on Armistice Day, November 11, 1922. New York Army National Guard Maj. Hamilton Fish, who served as commander of Company K, 369th Infantry Regiment during the war, nicknamed the “Harlem Hellfighters,” an all-black unit of the New York National Guard, was instrumental in creating the memorial. Fish introduced a federal resolution in December 1920 as a U.S. Congressman to create the Unknown Soldier memorial. Courtesy photo.

• Date Taken: 11.11.1922
• Date Posted: 03.03.2021 10:23
• Photo ID: 6540421
• VIRIN: 210302-A-A3538-1004
• Resolution: 1000x413
• Size: 86.53 KB
• Location: ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, VA, US