Tomb of the Unknown Soldier 1. How many steps does the guard take during his walk across the tomb of the Unknowns and why? 21 steps. It alludes to the twenty-one gun salute, which is the highest honor given any military or foreign dignitary. 2. How long does he hesitate after his about face to begin hisreturn walk and why? 21 seconds for the same reason as answer number 1 3. Why are his gloves wet? His gloves are moistened to prevent his losing his grip on the rifle. 4. Does he carry his rifle on the same shoulder all the time and if not, why not? He carries the rifle on the shoulder away from the tomb. After his march across the path, he executes an about face and moves the rifle to the outside shoulder. 5) how often are guards changed. Every 30 minutes, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
It's a show of respect to the ones that gave theirs life for our freedom.
they guard it because they don't want anyone to touch it because if you touch it is disrespectful
Reason why they put guards there is to protect the teams from people like vandalizing it or like sitting on it so is that like messing around stepping on their graves consensus that it's very disrespectful
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