Commemorating a century of honor at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Arlington National Cemetery is preparing to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier this Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

Since that day nearly 100 years ago, the tomb has also become the final resting place for an unknown soldier from World War II and another from the Korean War.The hashtag #Tomb100 is already being used across social media platforms to mark the occasion this week.Emilie Adams, 13, from upstate New York, played Taps at "Taps in Honored Glory," Sunday, one of the events leading up to Thursday’s commemoration. 

The eighth-grader told FOX television stations this weekend that she had been practicing her trumpet for up to an hour every day since September, and she has been playing the trumpet since the fourth grade. Last month, a historic "first" took place during a guard change at the tomb.

"For the first time in the 84-year-vigil, on the 30,770th day of continuous guarding, an all-female guard change occurred with the 38th Sergeant of the Guard," the Old Guard tweeted. The guard change at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is an elaborate ceremony that occurs every hour on the hour from Oct. 1 through March 31, and every half hour from April 1 through Sept. 30.