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By David Emery, About.com Guide to Urban Legends

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Wednesday November 11, 2009

Among the colorful myths surrounding the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetery and its 24-hour-a-day Honor Guard are the claims that the guards' permanent residence is a barracks under the tomb itself and that they're forbidden to drink alcohol, on or off duty, for the rest of their lives.

Colorful, but untrue.

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