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ARLINGTON, Virginia (CNN)-- The Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery is at the center of combat between preservationists and cemetery officials. The giant marble sarcophagus marking ...

The sarcophagus is nearly twelve feet long, seven high and five and a half broad, and the total weight is twenty-five tons, of which the cover weighs ten. It is all of fine Parian marble.