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In 1900, the last remaining residents of the village departed after the [[56th United States Congress]] appropriated $75,000 ({{Inflation|US|75000|1900|fmt=eq}}) to settle the U.S. government's debts to them.{{sfn|Schildt|1984|pp=18–19}} With limited space but large numbers of [[Killed in action|KIAs]] from [[World War II]], | In 1900, the last remaining residents of the village departed after the [[56th United States Congress]] appropriated $75,000 ({{Inflation|US|75000|1900|fmt=eq}}) to settle the U.S. government's debts to them.{{sfn|Schildt|1984|pp=18–19}} With limited space but large numbers of [[Killed in action|KIAs]] from [[World War II]], Korean War, [[Vietnam War]], along with natural deaths from high-ranking military officials, the need for additional burial space at Arlington Cemetery became a challenge and priority to the U.S. government. | ||
On May 30, 1929, [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Herbert Hoover]] conducted the first national [[Memorial Day]] ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery.<ref name="presidency">{{cite web| author=John T. Wolley and Gerhard Peters| url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=22129| title=Herbert Hoover: Memorial Day Address at Arlington National Cemetery| publisher=The American Presidency Project [online]| access-date=May 26, 2010| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116070038/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=22129| archive-date=November 16, 2008}}</ref> | On May 30, 1929, [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Herbert Hoover]] conducted the first national [[Memorial Day]] ceremony in Arlington National Cemetery.<ref name="presidency">{{cite web| author=John T. Wolley and Gerhard Peters| url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=22129| title=Herbert Hoover: Memorial Day Address at Arlington National Cemetery| publisher=The American Presidency Project [online]| access-date=May 26, 2010| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081116070038/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=22129| archive-date=November 16, 2008}}</ref> | ||
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* Unknown Soldier of [[World War I]], entombed November 11, 1921; President [[Warren G. Harding]] presided | * Unknown Soldier of [[World War I]], entombed November 11, 1921; President [[Warren G. Harding]] presided | ||
* Unknown Soldier of [[World War II]], interred May 30, 1958; President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] presided | * Unknown Soldier of [[World War II]], interred May 30, 1958; President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] presided | ||
* Unknown Soldier of the | * Unknown Soldier of the Korean War, also interred May 30, 1958; President Dwight Eisenhower presided again, Vice President [[Richard Nixon]] acted as next of kin | ||
* Unknown Soldier of the [[Vietnam War]], interred May 28, 1984; President [[Ronald Reagan]] presided. The remains of the Vietnam Unknown were disinterred, under the authority of President [[Bill Clinton]], on May 14, 1998, and were identified as those of Air Force first Lt. [[Michael Blassie|Michael J. Blassie]], whose family had them reinterred near their home in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. It has been determined that the crypt at the Tomb of the Unknowns that contained the remains of the Vietnam Unknown will remain empty. | * Unknown Soldier of the [[Vietnam War]], interred May 28, 1984; President [[Ronald Reagan]] presided. The remains of the Vietnam Unknown were disinterred, under the authority of President [[Bill Clinton]], on May 14, 1998, and were identified as those of Air Force first Lt. [[Michael Blassie|Michael J. Blassie]], whose family had them reinterred near their home in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. It has been determined that the crypt at the Tomb of the Unknowns that contained the remains of the Vietnam Unknown will remain empty. | ||