The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier of the American Revolution stands within Washington Square in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Completed in 1957, the memorial was designed by architect G. Edwin Brumbaugh and includes an eternal flame and a bronze cast of Jean Antoine Houdon's statue of George Washington. The memorial honors the thousands of soldiers who died during the American Revolutionary War, many of whom were buried in mass graves in the square.

The tomb includes remains that were disinterred from beneath the square after archaeological examination. While the remains belong to a soldier of Washington's army, it is uncertain if he was Colonial or British. An unknown number of bodies were buried beneath the square and the surrounding area, and remains are still occasionally found during construction and maintenance projects.

Engraved in the side of the tomb are the words: "Freedom is a light for which many men have died in darkness" and "The independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint councils and joint efforts of common dangers, suffering and success." It also notes that in unmarked graves within this square lie thousands of unknown soldiers of Washington's Army who died of wounds and sickness during the Revolutionary War. A plaque on the tomb reads: "Beneath this stone rests a soldier of Washington's army who died to give you liberty."

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