Why You Never Mess With The Tomb Guards

They guard one tomb, 24 hours a day, and they have not stopped since 1937. Here is who the Sentinels of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier really are, what happens when visitors cross the line, the myths about them, and the night they were allowed to leave and chose to stay. 0:00 Why you never mess with them 0:51 The man nobody knows 2:01 Why the guard exists 2:52 Twenty-one 4:11 Cross the line 5:31 Earning the badge 7:21 Myths 7:57 The night nobody left 8:45 The day the line disappeared Footage: U.S. Army / 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), "Behind the Old Guard: Sentinels" (public domain) Arlington National Cemetery official videos (U.S. Army, public domain) U.S. Army, "Tomb of the Unknown: Sentinels" and "WWI Historic Footage of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" (public domain) Military District of Washington, "Old Guard Sentinels" (public domain) The U.S. Army, "Changing of the Guard Ceremony", "Behind the Scenes of the Tomb Sentinels", "Taps at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier" (U.S. Army Band "Pershing's Own"), CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons geraldshields11, "USA tomb of the unknown soldier honor guards changing of the guard", CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Clips were cut, reframed and color graded. This channel is independent and is not affiliated with or endorsed by the U.S. Army, the Department of Defense or Arlington National Cemetery. #TombOfTheUnknownSoldier #ArlingtonNationalCemetery #TheOldGuard