11 November 1920: The second Armistice Day—An Unknown Warrior was entombed in Westminster Abbey in London & a Soldat Inconnu (an "Unknown Soldier") was laid in state beneath the Arc de Triomphe in Paris (to be entombed permanently on 28 January 1921); the French tomb had the first modern eternal flame, & the pair set the pattern for all subsequent national tombs of the unknowns.
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