Travel is one of
our favorite activities.
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People just love to travel,
often to new and far away
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places. And that means there's
been a huge growth in air travel
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in recent years. Every
day on average, more than
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10,000,000 people fly. That's
getting up to four billion
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passengers a year, equivalent
to about half the world's
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population. So, it's not
surprising that travel and
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tourism is one of the
world's largest industries
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it's worth about ten
trillion dollars a year.
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Yes, we humans love to
travel, going here, going there,
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going everywhere it seems.
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We're a mobile
lot, that's for sure.
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People are truly going places
aren't they. But where are we
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really going as we speed
from place to place at rates
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inconceivable to
people a hundred years ago.
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Sure, we might know
where we're going short term,
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to work, to pick up the
kids, to the gym, on an overseas
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holiday but we're all
on a far greater journey.
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The journey of life and where
on life's incredible journey
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are we going
long-term and I mean long-term.
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Close to the heart of Washington
DC, capital of United States
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there's one special place,
a sacred place where a lot
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of people on their journey
ended up. A place similar very
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to where we're all
going to end up as well.
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So stay tuned because
in this program called
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"The Unknown
Soldier Known But to God."
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We're going to look at the
question whether this really
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needs to be our final stop.
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For the first time in human
history the earth population
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is more urban than
rural. For the first time ever
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more than half of us on
this planet are city dwellers.
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More and more people
are leaving the country side
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and moving to the cities and
cities are growing by 60 million
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people a year. Over
one million every week.
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Yes, we love the cities,
each one has its own character
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and beauty, each one is unique.
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Some cities have an
amazing history, a long history,
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and a very
influential history as well.
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Such as Rome, talk about a
long and influential history,
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it's believed that people
were living in the area of Rome
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1,000 B.C. Of course by
the 1st century B.C., Rome had
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become the most powerful
empire of the ancient world,
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first as a Republic and
then after the Revolution
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the Rome of the
Seasons. When I think of Paris,
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I often think of the
famous Mod-mark district
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I can imagine in my mind's
eye some of its famous painters
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Pablo Picasso, and Vincent
Van Gough wandering its streets
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but centuries ago Paris
was the center of a pretty
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formidable military power
both in Europe and overseas.
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All you have to do for
instance is think of the armies
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of Napoleon marching through
Europe in the early 19th century
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and putting fear and trepidation
in the old monarchies.
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Then not that far away and
across from the English Channel
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is London. Today we think of
London as the center for banking
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for commerce for tourism.
But there has been a time
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too, when the British empire
was the most powerful military
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political and
economical force in the world
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There was an old saying
that captured the influence
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an impressive size of
the British Empire, it said:
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"The sun never sets
on the British Empire."
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But now, I'm standing in another
city, a city that had been
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a swamp and would remain a
swamp for 1,200 years after
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the Caesar's had ruled
the Ancient World from Rome.
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I'm talking about Washington,
D.C. the Federal Capital of the
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United States of America. In
contrast to other great cities
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D.C. is stiff in his infancy.
Jerusalem had been in ruins
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for about 17 centuries before
European started to settle
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in this area. Paris had
for centuries been a place of
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culture, influence and
power long before anybody
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but native Indians lived here.
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Fishing on the shore of
the Potomac and hunting in the
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local woods. Yes, in terms
of sheer age Washington D.C.
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no doubt is a young place,
however, whatever it might be
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lacking in age in history,
it sure made up for in terms of
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might, of power, of
influence in the world today.
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From this city has come a
military might unlike anything
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the world has ever seen.
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Whether or not one likes
American Politics, you can't
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downplay or minimize the amazing
influences this nation has had
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especially militarily. Think
about how different our world
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would be, had the United
States not entered into WWII.
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Imagine the Nazis in
Imperial Japan had won the war.
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What a different world
we would be living in today.
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Yes, whatever
everyone thinks about America,
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American Politics, American
Culture, American Economic
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practices, there's no
question that American influence
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American military
might, to a great degree, still
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dominates the
world in which we live.
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All of this came with a
price of course, a heavy price
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the greatest price any nation
pays and that is in the blood
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of its own people and the blood
of the soldiers, men, and women
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who die in the
service of their country.
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Now this is Arlington National
Cemetery located just over a
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bridge outside of Washington
D.C., in the town of Arlington,
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VA it's the most famous cemetery
in the world. What you see here
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speaks for itself, gravestones,
markers of the dead.
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Many American heroes are buried
here including over 400,000
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military veterans
and their families.
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This is the only cemetery
in where soldiers from every
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American conflict are buried
starting with the civil war.
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For 150 years Arlington National
Cemetery has commemorated
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what is now called Memorial
Day honoring the service and
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sacrifice of the fallen
and for the past sixty years
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soldiers from the 3rd U.S.
infantry regime, the old God.
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had placed an American
Flag at each headstone.
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Look at the vast number of these
tombstones, sobering isn't it?
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To think that each one of
these markers represent someone
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a flesh and blood person
just like you, just like me.
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People who had hopes, dreams,
plans, loved ones, desires,
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ambitions just like you and
I do now and yet here they are
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and though we most
likely wouldn't be buried here
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our rent isn't going to be
a whole lot different will it?
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Something to think
about, this for instance
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is the final
resting place of 21-year-old
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Pvt. William Christman of
the Union Army who had been
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buried here in May 1864. He
was the first American soldier
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to be buried here at Arlington.
Though Pvt. Christman is the
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first one buried here, it's
hard to know who the last one is
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and that is because on an
average at least 25 burials take
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place here every day.
Those eligible to be buried in
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Arlington include active-duty
military and retired reservists.
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Recipients of the military's
highest honors and former POWs.
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The history of this
cemetery gives us glimpses into
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American history itself.
This land once belonged to
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George Washington Parke Custus,
yes, as the name gives away
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he was related to
America's first president,
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George Washington. Mr. George
Washington Parke Custus was the
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grandson of George
Washington's wife Martha and the
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step-grandson of the first
president himself. Custis spent
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his life commemorating his
famous step-grandfather and he
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built this mansion called
Arlington House between 1802 and
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1818 as a memorial
to the 1st president.
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It originally sat on 1,100 acres
but now here is where things
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get interesting. In 1857 Custis
willed a house to his daughter
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who had married a promising a
young West Point trained officer
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in the United States Army,
his name was 2nd Lieutenant
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Robert E Lee. Now if
you know anything about the
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American Civil War, you
could see a problem here,
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this Robert E Lee sided with
the confederacy during the war.
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In fact, he became the commander
in the Confederate States Army,
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and though Arlington House
was in Virginia and Virginia
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sided with the south.
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It stood on a hill overlooking
Washington D.C. below
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and so no way was the union
going to leave this crucial site
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in southern hands and so
once hostility started between
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the Union and the Confederacy
the Union quickly seized the
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property, including this house.
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The house of the man who
would lead the Confederate army.
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Though there would end out
being legal battles over the
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property for years to
come, during the war three forts
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were built here as a general
defense of Washington D.C.
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And then in 1863 the
Federal Government established
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on some of this land what
it called Friedman's Village.
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It was a small village created
to assist slaves transitioning
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to freedom. The village provided
housing, education, employment
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training and medical
care to these freed slaves.
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However, as the war progressed,
and the number of dead outpaced
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the burial capacity of
Washington D.C. cemetery's,
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two hundred acres of the estate
were set aside as a military
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burial ground and then on
June 15, 1864 it was officially
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designated as a National
Cemetery, the one we see here
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today. Though now, it has
been expanded to 624 acres
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of hallowed ground.
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Among those buried here
are people like Audie Murphy
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America's most decorated hero
of World War II and a popular
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movie actor. America president
John, F. Kennedy is buried here
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with this eternal flame
torch burning ever since
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Jackie Kennedy, his
widow is buried next to him
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along with their
two infant children.
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Even the actor Lee Marvin made
it to Arlington, Robert Peary
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the first person to make it to
the North Pole is interred here
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in Arlington as
well. Interestingly enough
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the most famous
tomb in Arlington is the
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final resting place not of
some celebrity like Lee Marvin,
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or president like John
F. Kennedy, but precisely
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the opposite. It's the final
resting place for those who
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are not known at all,
yes, the most famous tomb is
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the tomb of the
Unknown Soldier here at
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Arlington National Cemetery.
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You know it's bad
enough to have to go to war
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and then to get killed in
that war but at least for the
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sake of your family, you
come home to a decent burial.
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But what happens sometimes,
is that soldiers are killed
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and no one knows
who or where they are.
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So on March 4, 1921, the United
States Congress approved the
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burial of an unknown American
soldier from World War I
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in this newly created
Sarcoughaus, since that time
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the remains of unknown soldiers
from World War II, Korea and
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the Vietnam War have
been placed here also.
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The tomb of the Unknown
Soldier is guarded right around
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the clock, the
ceremonial changing of the guard
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takes place 24 hours
a day, 365 days a year
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and is taken place
without interruption since 1937.
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Rain, hail, snow, shine,
hot, or cold, it doesn't matter,
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these guards perform
their duty, they stand guard.
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All of the honor
guard are volunteers,
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they're part of the elite
3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment
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which is headquartered in
Ft. Meyer, Virginia and is the
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oldest Regiment in the United
States, it goes back to 1784.
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Those who volunteer must
undergo some rigorous training
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both mental and physical and
they actually live in a barracks
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under the tomb when on
duty. It's considered one of the
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highest honors in the
military to have this position.
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Besides meeting the
physical requirements,
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the prospective volunteers
spend up to eight months
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training. During training, they
don't watch TV, drink alcohol,
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joke with others, talk to
the public, or even talk with
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other guards unless they
have a question about training.
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They are tested about
knowing uniform requirements,
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about knowledge about the tomb
itself and they are tested on
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performance. For instance
if the uniform has any single
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item 1/64 of an inch out of
place, they face an infraction
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and points are taken away.
Of 100 points, if they get below
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97, they don't make it. In
the end 90% of those applying
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for the position, don't make it.
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Yes, if you visit the
tomb and see what goes on here
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you can get a great
sense of the honor and dignity
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and the
seriousness of the whole thing.
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The Americans truly want to
honor those unknown soldiers.
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In fact, look at these words
inscribed on the Tomb of the
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Unknown Soldier. I think the
message is powerful, It reads:
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That's sobering,
isn't it? Known but to God.
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In other words, we might
not know who these dead soldiers
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are, but God knows. And
implication being, God knows
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and God not only knows
who they are but God has not
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forgotten them either. As
I said, there are over four
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hundred thousand people buried
here. Now that seems like a lot
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and it is I know. But that
is just a tiny fraction of the
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world's dead isn't
it? We look at all these
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grave markers and yes, it's
moving. But how many millions
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even billions of
people have come and gone
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and will have no marker, no
memorial and no memory of them
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remains whatsoever.
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Have you ever visited the
ruins of an ancient culture?
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It doesn't matter where
what about the vast masses
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who at one time lived there?
These were people just like you
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and just like me. People who
got up every day, went to work
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stressed about their
kids, argued with their spouse,
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fretted about money. People
who had goals, dreams, emotions
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fears, hopes for the
future. Regrets about the past
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people have felt love, guilt,
fear, anger, joy, sadness,
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just like the rest of us.
Whole civilizations once thrived
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in these places and what every
one of these people are gone
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without a trace left. Makes it
all look, well so fruitless and
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meaningless doesn't it?
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In the past 150 years science
and technology have amazingly
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improved our lives haven't
they? But at the same time too
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if you believe what
some scientists teach today,
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we are nearly the chance
products of cold uncaring forces
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in a cosmos that
doesn't care at all about us.
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In an often-quoted sentence
from his book: "The First Three
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Minutes". Nobel prize-winning
physicist Steven Weinberg
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wrote:
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Pointless and if the
whole universe is pointless,
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where does that leave us? Beings
who are infinitely small and
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fleeting amid
this vast universe.
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After Weinberg quoted got
out it caused quite a stir
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however Harvard Astronomer
Margaret Galla didn't know
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what the fuss was all
about, this is what she said.
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Just a physical system, Is
that all that the universe is?
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Is that all you and I are?
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Just physical systems, now
yes we are physical systems
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but is that all we are?
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Well, I'm willing to
venture, I'm willing to guess
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that most of us sense,
most of us really know deep down
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that we are much
more than just that.
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We know that our lives mean
something, we know that we are
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here for a reason? Even if we
are not sure what that reason is
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There's meaning and
purposed in our lives.
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I want to read you something
that Jesus of the Bible said:
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It's found in Matthew 10: 29-31.
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Now that's an amazing few lines
if you really think about them.
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What Jesus is saying is
that even something like the
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sparrows sold very
cheaply in the ancient world,
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unknown by God and so
what about us as human beings?
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How are we viewed by
God? Well according to Jesus
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God knows each one of us
so well that He even knows
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the number hairs on our heads.
What a different view of reality
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being presented by Jesus in
contrast to what modern science
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often tells us. Look at
how positive these following
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sentences by Jesus
are, found in John 3:17.
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In other words, according to
the Bible, Jesus Christ came to
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this world not to condemn us
for our mistakes and evil deeds,
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which are many. No, He came
to save us and if you put these
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texts together,
what are they saying?
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Well, I believe that Jesus is
saying that He has not forgotten
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the millions even the billions
of dead who have come and gone
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through the ages. He knew
the number of hairs on their
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heads and so these people
are not forgotten by God either.
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Jesus came to bring the
promise of life, eternal life
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to all who would accept it.
Even if for now many are dead
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and forgotten by everyone
else. What does the tomb say?
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Known but to God. Yes, we might
not know their names any more
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than we know the names of
millions even billions who have
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come before us. And
perhaps one day too we might not
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only be dead, but over
time we might be forgotten by
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everyone else as well.
But friend, I can assure you
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that you are not forgotten.
You are not forgotten by Him.
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So, wherever you are
on your life's journey,
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you can know that you are
known by God and loved by God.
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He knows your struggles too.
If he knows the number of hairs
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on your head, he know what
you are going through right now
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and He cares and He's there to
help you, to give you strength
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for the journey. You mean a
lot to Him in fact, you mean
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everything to Him and He
wants to spend forever with you.
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The God who knows the
number of hairs on your head...
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this God 2,000 years ago paid
the penalty for your mistakes
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He died for you on the
cross and from that death
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He offers you the
promise of eternal life.
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No friend, the grave
does not have to be the final
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resting place for us.
That's not God's plan for us.
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His plan is eternal life
with Him, the God who knows
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the number of hairs on your
head. Please, right now is the
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time to claim for yourself
what Jesus has done for you.
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which is give you eternal
life, That's His promise.
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Why not reach out and accept
His gift right now as we pray.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
Yes, for now the grave is where
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we end our journey, but thanks
to Jesus, that grave can be
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only a rest stop, a temporary
respite before the coming of
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eternal life. Thank you
for that offer to each of us
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no matter how many our past
mistakes, what's crucial is the
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choice we make even now, for
you. And so now we accept Jesus
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and the gift of
eternal life that you offer us.
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In Jesus name, we pray. Amen!
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America's capital,
Washington D.C. teams with
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iconic monuments, vast museums,
and the corridors of power.
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It's all about power, history
and culture. It's also home to
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one of America's
most famous cemetery's,
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the Arlington National Cemetery.
Four hundred thousand military
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veterans and their
families are buried here.
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The most famous tomb of all
is that of the Unknown Soldier
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nobody knows this soldier's
identity, nobody that is
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but God. It's a reminder
that God knows each of us
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and loves us. Now sometimes
we can feel overwhelmed by the
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challenges and struggles of
life and feel the nobody knows
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or cares but God
does and He wants to help.
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If you've enjoyed today's
journey to Washington D.C.
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and our reflections on
Arlington Cemetery and the
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Tomb of the Unknown
Soldier Known But Unto God,
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then be sure to join us again
next week when we will share
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another of life's
journey's together. Until then,
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remember the ultimate
destination in life's journey.
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Now I saw and new heaven and a
new earth and God will wipe away
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every tear from their eyes.
There shall be no more death
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nor sorrow, nor crying,
there shall be no more pain
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for the former
things have passed away.
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