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Twenty-One Steps: Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Jeff Gottesfeld
Illustrator: Matt Tavares
Ages: 9+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-0148-2
Keywords: Arlington National Cemetary, military, death, war
An account of how the United States came to honor its soldiers who died nameless in the line of duty. Evocative pencil and digitally painted illustrations.