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Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Sign at Arlington National Cemetery outside of Washington, D.C. in Virginia on the western bank of the Potomac River.

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was established to honor American service members who died in World War I and were unidentified.

The first Unknown Soldier interred was an unidentified American soldier from World War I. The soldier was selected from the American battlefields in Europe by General John J. Pershing and was ceremonially laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery on November 11, 1921.

Soldiers were assigned to guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beginning 1926, primarily to discourage visitors from climbing or stepping on it. In 1937 guards became a presence at the tomb 24 hours an day, all year long.

Seneca Park Entry Column, Louisville, Kentucky. Seneca is one of the 17 parks in Louisville, Kentucky maintained by the Olmsted Parks Conservancy, which is named after Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed and built some of Louisville’s first parks in the 1890’s

A night view of the lighted entry sign to the Jeffersontown Historic Gaslight Square District, in Louisville, Kentucky.  The metal truss sign is part of a long ongoing plan to remember and bring back some of history of Jeffersontown, in particular the usage of gas powered lighting in the city’s early years. Back in the 1960’s during a renovation of the city’s town square and city hall, gas lamps were added, and this ultimately turned into a celebration of the city’s past with the annual Gaslight Festival which has been going on for more than 40 years.