Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier write by Jeff Gottesfeld. This book was released on 2021-03-16. Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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, told by Jeff Gottesfeld and luminously illustrated by Matt Tavares—a tale that honors the soldiers who honor the fallen.
Where Valor Rests
Where Valor Rests - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Where Valor Rests write by Rick Atkinson. This book was released on 2015. Where Valor Rests available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Bittersweet, breathtaking, and deeply respectful, this commemorative book of Arlington National Cemetery traces the ceremonies and services that honor individual men and women who served the country. 220 photos.
Twenty-One Steps of Courage
Twenty-One Steps of Courage - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Twenty-One Steps of Courage write by Sarah Bates. This book was released on 2012-03-01. Twenty-One Steps of Courage available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In 2006, with wars in the Middle East raging, Rod Strong enlists in the Army to seek the goal his father did not achieve when he tragically died in the Gulf War. His objective: The Old Guard regiment, the elite Soldiers who stand as Sentinels at the Tomb of the Unknown in Arlington Cemetery. He overcomes the setbacks that litter his path until an unexpected firefight in Afghanistan changes his life forever.
America's White Table
America's White Table - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook America's White Table write by Margot Theis Raven. This book was released on 2013-08-15. America's White Table available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The White Table is set in many mess halls as a symbol for and remembrance to service members fallen, missing, or held captive in the line of duty. Solitary and solemn, it is the table where no one will ever sit. As a special gift to her Uncle John, Katie and her sisters are asked to help set the white table for dinner. As their mother explains the significance of each item placed on the table Katie comes to understand and appreciate the depth of sacrifice that her uncle, and each member of the Armed Forces and their families, may be called to give. It was just a little white table... but it felt as big as America when we helped Mama put each item on it and she told us why it was so important. "We use a Small Table, girls," she explained first, "to show one soldier's lonely battle against many. We cover it with a White Cloth to honor a soldier's pure heart when he answers his country's call to duty." "We place a Lemon Slice and Grains of Salt on a plate to show a captive soldier's bitter fate and the tears of families waiting for loved ones to return," she continued."We push an Empty Chair to the table for the missing soldiers who are not here..." Margot Theis Raven has been a professional writer working in the fields of radio, television, magazines, newspapers, and children's books for 30 years. Margot's first children's book, Angels in the Dust, won five national awards, including an IRATeacher's Choice Award. Her first book with Sleeping Bear Press, Mercedes and the Chocolate Pilot, was the runner-up for the 2004 Texas Bluebonnet Award. She lives with her family in Charleston, South Carolina. Mike Benny's illustrations have appeared in Time, GQ, New Yorker and Sports Illustrated Magazines. He has also been awarded two Gold Medals from the Society of Illustrators. This is Mike's first children's book. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Mary Ann and daughter Adele.
The Unknown Soldier
The Unknown Soldier - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Unknown Soldier write by Jess M. Brallier. This book was released on 2022-10-04. The Unknown Soldier available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This moving tribute to veterans and America’s fallen follows a young boy on his first trip to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. On the last day of their Washington, DC, vacation, Jack and his family visit a cemetery. Jack finds it boring, but as they watch the guard patrolling the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, his perspective shifts. He learns about the monument, the sentinels, and why it is they keep watch. Jack develops a newfound respect for those who serve and an appreciation for the honor and bravery of veterans. Includes back matter about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and those who guard it.
