British Couple Reacts to Why You Never Mess With A Guard Of The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier

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• JD

  @jdub8325 · 4 years ago · pinned

  My favorite YouTube reactors! ❤👋

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• BA

  @Bakaat777 · 4 years ago

  "While guarding the tomb... Sentinels do not display rank insignia. This is done so as not to outrank the Unknown Soldier, whatever their rank may have been."  THAT shot me through the heart. What respect! Whoever thought of that, I salute you. Peace.

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• TB

  @tbarnes10 · 4 years ago

  I won a writing contest in middle school, and was selected to lay a wreath at the tomb during one of their special ceremonies. It was 2 boys and 2 girls. We had to wear nice clothes, button down shirt and slacks with dress shoes.  When we got there they took us to a side room (I'm guessing it was the room where they got ready for their shift), told us what to do, and how to behave. They were nice, but VERY serious especially when telling us how to act.  After we placed it we were told we could either salute or put our hand over our heart. It was a really cool experience, it's been almost 20 years but I'll never forget it

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• ST

  @Sturgeonmeister · 4 years ago

  The Guard is changed every thirty minutes during the summer (April 1 to Sep 30) and every hour during the winter (Oct 1 to Mar 31). During the hours the cemetery is closed, the guard is changed every 2 hours.

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• BI

  @BiologyBabe · 4 years ago

  My grandfather was a sentinel at the tomb. He was highly decorated, a survivor of Omaha beach and earned a Purple Heart. Definitely the greatest generation.

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• SA

  @sandywheeler5500 · 4 years ago

  My father was in WWII, the Korean War, and Vietnam. Soldiers need to be respected. The freedom we are so proud of was bought with the blood of our military.

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• 4F

  @4freebird69 · 4 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xaSCKQxT05c&amp;t=440">7:20</a> Not only disrespecting the tomb but also the guards. As an American, I often think the same when you see someone disrespecting a member of the Queen&apos;s Guard. They deserve as much respect as any other soldier. <br>Are British soldiers not held at a higher honor than that? It&apos;s disgusting to see such disrespect.

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• EL

  @eldorajohnson3894 · 4 years ago

  Guarding the tomb is not a duty it is an honor

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• TE

  @TedBronson1918 · 4 years ago (edited)

  About the child (or anyone) who gets in the way of a military formation... &nbsp; Even if it&apos;s accidental or if it&apos;s a child the soldiers have to continue on in formation because there&apos;s usually a line of people or equipment behind them that&apos;s going to keep moving along. &nbsp;The world is NOT going to stop for one ignorant person. &nbsp;If lucky they&apos;ll be pushed aside or yelled at to clear the way in time. &nbsp;Children are likely to get trampled because they won&apos;t be seen until the last moment by people who are further back in line, so people NEED to keep track of their kids at events like that. &nbsp;No soldier wants that to happen, believe me. &nbsp;I feel sorry for the child, but I blame ONLY the parents. &nbsp;I served in The Old Guard years ago and I can easily see that playing out in a street parade

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• SA

  @SaltyBagfries · 4 years ago

  We have a heavily trained non-combat group on guard 24/7, to maintain the dignity of an unidentified soldier from roughly a century ago, with no end date in mind. We pay them to command the most free people in the world to be respectful and quiet, and they abide. Even if we fall, always remember what freedom looked like in the 20th and early 21st century, and go forward.

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• PA

  @patriciaburgess4434 · 3 years ago

  The tomb guard continually walks the black mat, performing the 21 seconds rituals for the entire shift, 1 full hour between October 1 and March 31st (winter hours) and half an hour between April 1 and September (summer hours). After the cemetery closes to the public, the shift is 2 full hours of continuous marching and performing the rituals:<br>Marches 21 steps south down the 63-foot-long black mat laid across the Tomb. <br>Turns and faces east, toward the Tomb, for 21 seconds. <br>Turns and faces north, changes weapon to the outside shoulder, and waits 21 seconds. <br>Marches 21 steps down the mat. <br>Turns and faces east for 21 seconds. <br>Turns and faces south, changes weapon to the outside shoulder, and waits 21 seconds. <br>Repeats the routine until the soldier is relieved of duty at the Changing of the Guard.

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• BP

  @bpwn3r · 4 years ago

  When I witnessed this ceremony, you could hear a pin drop, and everyone was extremely respectful. I did not witness a sentinel reprimand anyone, and that&apos;s a good thing.

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