A guard of honour (Commonwealth English), honor guard (American English) or ceremonial guard, is a group of people, typically drawn from the military...
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Guard of Honor is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by James Gould Cozzens published during 1948. The novel is set during World War II, with most of the...
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The Coast Guard Honor Guard Badge is a qualification badge of the United States Coast Guard which recognizes those personnel who are/have been permanently...
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Lying in state (redirect from Vigil guard)
members of Congress are granted the honor of lying in state. It differs from lying in honor in that individuals lying in state have guards of honor representing...
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Honor Guard is an honor guard unit of the Armed Forces of Mongolia. The Mongolian State Honor Guard was founded on 16 August 1955, as an honor guard unit...
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Garrison Honor Guard Battalion (Chinese: 北京卫戍区仪仗大队), officially the PLA Honour Guard, is a ceremonial honour guard and specialised unit of the People's...
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The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines...
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The Honor Guard Company of the Minsk Military Commandant (Belarusian: Рота ганаровай варты Мінскай ваеннай камендатуры; Russian: Рота почётного караула...
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Guard mounting, changing the guard, or the changing of the guard, is a formal ceremony in which sentries performing ceremonial guard duties at important...
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The title "National Guard" was used in 1824 by some New York State militia units, named after the French National Guard in honor of the Marquis de Lafayette...
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family. Power wrote an account of the plot to steal Lincoln's body, as well as a history of the services of the Guard of Honor, in 1890. He died on January...
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National Independence Day (Poland) (redirect from Polish Day of Independence)
Honor Guard Company Honor Guard Company, Polish Territorial Defence Forces Honor Guard Company of the Armed Forces Support Inspectorate Honor Guard Company...
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Honor Guard is the official ceremonial unit of the United States Air Force and is assigned to Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington D.C. The Honor...
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District of Columbia Army National Guard Honor Guard is the Army National Guard's official Honor Guard program for the District of Columbia. The mission of the...
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and Honor Guard Battalion Bogor Palace Protocol and Honor Guard Battalion National Palaces of Jakarta (Independence and State Palace) Horse Guards Troop...
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Coast Guard (USCG) is the maritime security, search and rescue, and law enforcement service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the country's...
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Honor Guard is the military brigade responsible for the immediate security of the president of Venezuela. The current head of the Presidential Honor Guard...
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The Independent Honor Guard Battalion of the Ministry of Defence of Turkmenistan (Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Goranmak Ministrligi Hormat Garawuly Batalyony;...
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The United States Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard is a unit of the United States Coast Guard responsible for the performance of public duties. Stationed...
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functions as a guard of honor. The Palatine Guard were usually seen either when the Pope was in Saint Peter's Square, or when a head of state or other...
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Presidential Honor Guard Battalion (Ukrainian: Почесна варта Окремого Київського полку Президента України) is a guard of honour unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine...
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State funerals in the United States (redirect from Funeral of George Washington)
guards of honor, each representing one of the six branches of the Armed Forces, will periodically rotate and relieve the preceding set of guards of honor...
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title of "Honored Collective of the Republic of Belarus". The Band of the Honor Guard Company of the Minsk Military Commandant of the Armed Forces of Belarus...
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State visit (category Heads of state)
of Finland, inspects the guard of honor to the rhythm of the Björneborgarnas marsch. After the inspection of the honor guard and the performance of the...
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honour guard battalion. Its colour guard squad follows the same format as the guard of honor colour guard squad. In Taiwan, the colour guard tradition of the...
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companies, most of which were made up of conscripts. Three companies were honor guard companies for the protocol service, the honor guard at the "Memorial...
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U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Badges The United States Air Force Honor Guard Badge is a military badge of the United States Air Force that is authorized...
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that provides the guard of honor at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Moscow's Alexander Garden and is tasked with the protection of the President, his...
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The Special Honor Guard Battalion (Ukrainian: Спеціальний батальйон почесної варти) is a ceremonial honor guard of the National Guard of Ukraine. It is...
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302nd Military Police Company (category Guards of honour)
unit of the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF), based in Tokyo. It is known for being a ceremonial guard of honor and public protection unit of the...
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