Changing the Guards

In all the thirty-some years I've lived in Ottawa, I've never watched the changing of the guards on Parliament Hill.

But when my daughter-in-law (and baby) were in town, recently, we happened to catch the show!

It's a summer event, replicating the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace in London, England.

Our Canadian "guards" are summer students.

The event began with bagpipes and a marching band.

We ended up our time on Parliament Hill at the statues of the 20th century suffragettes and their banner proclaiming that women are persons, too... a stark reminder that women's rights are relatively new, even in Canada.