When a soldier dies he is given a memorial, with helmet, rifle, dog tags and boots, what is that called?
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The rifle with the helmet have been symbols of fallen soldiers since WWI. The rifle was stuck in the ground with the dog tags so the soldier could be located and identified at a later time. The boots were left so if another soldier came along and needed a pair then he could trade out boots.
969711
it goes like "where did they bury the survivors?"
336596
IN the UK a cenotaph.
408847
Good question.\nThe late, great Bill Hicks asked the same question - "if Jesus comes back, do you think he ever wants to see another cross? Would you go up to Jackie Kennedy wearing a rifle pendant?"\nI'm being flippant (before everyone starts having a go....) but it is interesting. From an athiests pov (and I admit, I'm probably not best placed to answer this) I would say it is remembering his death, which was fundamental to christian religion. I'm not sure what symbol you could use to represent Jesus's life.
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It means that they value this person above themself. They want that person to have something to hang on to. It says a lot when a soldier gives you their dog-tags. It signifies love and respect. It's also a symbol for the one recieving it, when they wear it, that they have someone they cherish that is risking their life to keep the country safe...
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not sure, but you can alway buy one and have it inscribed at things remembered...
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people who have died for our country.
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It's a poppy. It's for Remembrance Day when there are memorial services at cenotaphs all over the country at 11am on November 11, to remember all those who died in the 2 world wars. \n\nA nation that forgets its history is doomed to relive it.\n\nThe poppy was chosen because it proliferates in earth that has been disturbed, as the battlefields of northern France were by bombs.
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A dog tag is also the colloquial name for the identification tags worn by military personnel, especially in the United States.The purchasing of unofficial identification tags goes back to the Civil War.  In the Navy, official identification tags, nicknamed "dog tags," go back to World War I. The "Dog Tag" originated around 1861, the time of the Civil War. American soldiers made them themselves out of a small piece of wood, to ensure that their identities would be known should they die on the battlefield. Some troops fashioned their own custom made personalized "ID" (identification) tags , boring a hole in one end so that they could be worn on a string around the neck.\n\n\nAt times the carnage was so great and bodies were so badly disfigured that the Soldier's could not be identified.\n\n\nThe Army Regulations of 1913 made identification tags mandatory, and by 1917, all combat soldiers wore aluminum discs on chains around their necks. By World War II, the circular disc was replaced by the oblong shape familiar to us today, generally referred to as "dog tags."
752776
The Transgender day of Rememberance?  The Hiroshima rememberance?  you'll need to be more specific.  Thanks
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In that one minute, you are supposed to honor the deceased.  Some people sit in quiet reflection, others pray.  It's just a way of honoring and remembering the person who passed.  Similar to ringing church bells at a funeral or lighting candles at a vigil.
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Could be a few things.  Yes, the coffin.  The Tombstone or Creamtory Urn.  It could also describe the flowers that you place their in respect every year.
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1) a second grade classroom to commemorate his readiong My Pet Goat as the World Trade Center fell.\n2) Arlington National Cemetery, since so many Americans have died needlessly on his watch.\n3) An empty prison cell, to represent his success in catching Osama.\n4) An unemployment line, for the people whose lives he wrecked.\n5) A grand jury room, in memory of the Constitution he consistently evaded.\n6) A ballot box, in honor of his and Karl Rove's success in voter reduction.\nBy the way, I'm a distant relative of the Bushes.
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yes, it was an unknown soldier buried there, but like three years ago they exumed his body and did a dna test to verify the identity of the body, it is both a literal and symbolic burial, that soldier signified all of the unknown and missing soldiers that fought for our country
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The website is called "Honor The Fallen", I would ask that you use it solely for that purpose.\n\nhttp://www.militarycity.com/valor/honor.html
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Nickname: Brave Rifles \n\nMotto: "Brave Rifles! Veterans! You have been baptized in fire and blood and have come out steel." \n\nmore info below
1012015
It was a Hitler salute.  Kind of ironic to find this Q.  I just received my grandfathers prisoner ring from his time during his stay as a prisoner of war in a German concentration camp.  I'm sure it actually has a literal meaning in German but I really hate to hit a wiki-website for the answer.