Ok, apparently my YouTube embeds got deleted..I’ll try to get them back.

I had a Wikipedia journey last night and spent hours studying military leaders, rankings, awards, etc. I was finally satiated when I decided to look up video clips of Changing of the Guards from all over the world.

In the United States the Guard has been going 24/7 since 1936. And it’s one of the most rigid things I’ve ever seen. I had no idea this went on in our Capitol every single second and it’s mesmerizing:

 ’A guard takes an average of 6 hours to prepare his uniform (which is solid wool regardless of the time of year) for the next day’s work. In addition to preparing the uniform, guards also complete physical training, Tomb Guard training, cut their hair before the next work day, and shave twice per day. Tomb Guards are required to memorize 16 pages of information about Arlington National Cemetery and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, including the locations of nearly 300 graves and who is buried in each one’. -Wiki

It gets more entertaining in other countries. But the best…

Russia shows us why they have such a good ballet:

Greece leaves us with lots of questions:

The guard in London is bit different because they’re actually part of the Royal Family’s protection but they still manage to have fun with it. At Buckingham Palace (there’s multiple Guard posts) they make a concert out of it. There’s a very good band and conductor and they play the most random stuff during the change before getting to the pomp and circumstance. There’s clips all over YouTube, including one where they play a medley of Beatles songs. This video is my favorite because is that the theme to ‘The Incredibles’?!