Yesterday, Ceremonial Guard posted guards on the National War Memorial, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa for the first time. This is something that most of the Guards seem very eager to do, as it is a huge honour, and even more visible than guarding the Governor General's residence. I personally can't wait until my first chance to participate in the guard at the tomb.
Canada Day for the Ceremonial Guard is a busy one, I believe that it is the single busiest tourist day in Ottawa. The detachment that was at the War Memorial is posting guards from 7am till 12am, which makes for a very long and busy day. Myself I was involved in the 2 other ceremonies that we had to perform today. The first was the normal Guard Mount at 10am, for this parade, I was one of the 2 Colour Escorts. Then at noon, we provided a 100 man guard for the arrival of the Governor General to the Canada Day festivities. Again I was part of the Colour Party, but for this parade, we had both Colours on parade, so that made me the centre person on parade, which made it easy for my father to pick me out on TV.
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