Editing Guard mounting (section)

{{Short description|Formal military ceremony}}
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{{Other uses|Changing of the Guard (disambiguation){{!}}Changing of the Guard}}
[[File:20190416 Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall guard change-13.jpg|upright=1.3|thumb|A guard mounting ceremony at [[Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall]]]]
'''Guard mounting''', '''changing the guard''', or the '''changing of the guard''', is a formal [[ceremony]] in which [[wikt:sentry|sentries]] performing ceremonial guard duties at important institutions are relieved by a new batch of sentries. The ceremonies are often elaborate and precisely choreographed. They originated with peacetime and battlefield military drills introduced to enhance unit cohesion and effectiveness in the late 17th and early 18th centuries.
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