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Twenty-one steps : guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier
Audience Tweens 9-13 years
Published 2021 by Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massachusetts
ISBN 9781536201482
Bib Id 1096029
Edition First edition.
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
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nam a22 Ii 4500
LCCN
2021-933330
ISBN
9781536201482 (hardcover) $18.00
1536201480
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J 355.16 G
Title
Twenty-one steps : guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier
Varying Form of Title
21 steps
Guarding the tomb of the unknown soldier
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
2021 by Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massachusetts :
Description
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Summary
"With every step, the Tomb Guards pay homage to America's fallen. Discover their story, and that of the unknown soldiers they honor, through resonant words and illustrations. Keeping vigil at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in Arlington National Cemetery, are the sentinel guards, whose every step, every turn, honors and remembers America's fallen. They protect fellow soldiers who have paid the ultimate sacrifice, making sure they are never alone. To stand there--with absolute precision, in every type of weather, at every moment of the day, one in a line uninterrupted since midnight July 2, 1937--is the ultimate privilege and the most difficult post to earn in the army. Everything these men and women do is in service to the Unknowns. Their standard is perfection. Exactly how the unnamed men came to be entombed at Arlington, and exactly how their fellow soldiers have come to keep vigil over them, is a sobering and powerful tale . . . that honors the soldiers who honor the fallen"--Provided by publisher.
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