The choreography of the changing of the guard
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Soldiers who have performed the Tomb of the Unknowns ceremony speak of its beauty, its ennobling and even healing power. Is it ritual or art, functional or pure show? In art as in ritual, context is everything.
May 23, 2011 Assistant Sergeant of the Guard Benton Thames prepares to conduct a changing of the guard ceremony. Matt McClain/for The Washington Post
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