Eugene Bullard, the first African-American military pilot, at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Paris (1954). He was invited by the Committee of the Flame to rekindle the fire in 1954. According to the website The Unknown Soldier At The Base Of The Arc De Triomphe: "At the base of the Arch de Triomphe stands a torch. Every evening at 6:30 P.M. it is rekindled, and veterans lay wreaths decorated with red, white and blue near its flickering flame. It burns in the darkness to recall the sacrifice of an unknown French soldier who gave his life during World War I."