Crowds of tourists have deserted Arlington National Cemetery during the pandemic, but sentinels are still standing watch 24/7 at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. ABC News got an inside look at the elite guards from the Army's 3rd Infantry Regiment as they keep their age-old ritual around the clock
Crowds of tourists have deserted Arlington National Cemetery during the pandemic, but sentinels are still standing watch 24/7 at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
"It doesn’t matter if it’s a hurricane or in this case a pandemic. We’re always here. We’re always guarding," said Capt. Harold Earls IV, commander of the tomb guards. When so much in American life has changed because of COVID-19, the watch at Arlington stays the same: sentinels take 21 steps down the mat, then pause for 21 seconds."I can look out and we see row upon row of headstones of white headstone markers. Each one of those are heroes," Earls said."I think equally during this time, there are also heroes there on the front lines and the first responders.
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