Visitors to Ottawa thrilled by Changing of the Guard tradition [Video]

It’s a time-honoured tradition in the nation’s capital. The Changing of the Guard is the summertime ceremony that takes place every morning in Ottawa.

As the Ceremonial Guard marches along the streets of downtown Ottawa toward Parliament Hill, crowds gather to take in the spectacle.

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Shelly Cloak and her family travelled from Philadelphia to view the ceremony. “We’re waiting for the Changing of the Guard. I think it’s important to see something that has been around for a long time and just the history of it,” says Cloak.

Emma Marshall and her family are from New York State. They’re on a Canadian summer trip from Montreal to Toronto, and they decided to make a stop in Ottawa. “We’ve never seen this before,” says Marshall, “and we thought it would be really cool to see the …