Patrick K. O'Donnell
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672 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Oct 2025
last heard 29 Aug
Patrick K. O'Donnell’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The Tomb of the Unknown, as I mentioned, it's during the Harding administration on November 11th, 1921, that the tomb is commemorated.
And this is a very, very special day because it's a bringing together of the country.
And here you have,
The great groups of the country beat the NAACP, for instance.
There are Medal of Honor recipients from the Civil War forward that come, that line the streets.
There's a tremendous procession of military leaders from around the world, from the victorious powers of World War I that arrived.
And they bring the remains down from the Capitol Rotunda where it was lying in state on a carriage that is escorted by the body bearers.
The remains are first brought from France on the Olympia.
It's the great cruiser that still is in
in Philadelphia Harbor.
And they bring the remains back on the Olympia.
I mean, there's quite a bit of drama on that voyage, believe it or not.
The actual casket itself is so large that they lash it to the deck of the Olympia.
And the Olympia goes through great storms.
And it nearly goes overboard.
But the body bearers and some of the men in the crew actually uplash themselves to the remains.
And they bring it home.
then there's the procession and many great speakers warren harding it's the first time that there's a a nationwide radio address from you know these very grounds that we're seeing right now and uh there's several speakers but the the the final speaker is one of my favorites and his his war staff is still in the small museum that is behind the tomb and this is chief plenty clues they they bring a
a native american war chief to to preside over the final uh part of the ceremony and it's sort of a it's a healing in many ways of the nation uh you know it's as he's presiding it's a healing of you know where we had fought uh native americans you know in the great west uh you know only decades earlier and that there are native americans that were fighting
in the American Expeditionary Force in France for their country.
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