Thanks for the detail, i know somehow the story behind (well, for the US i know the books one...), but, i was referring at if they were usual for the Presidential inauguration, because i saw older ones, but never paid attention to the whole ceremony as today, so i may have skipped them
Just checked the video, the one i was referring at with the hat thing was the group that came before them, i think continental uniform? timestamp 51:10
Thanks for the detail, i know somehow the story behind (well, for the US i know the books one...), but, i was referring at if they were usual for the Presidential inauguration, because i saw older ones, but never paid attention to the whole ceremony as today, so i may have skipped them
Just checked the video, the one i was referring at with the hat thing was the group that came before them, i think continental uniform? timestamp 51:10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSfHL13URXQ
https://archive.defense.gov/home/photoessays/2005-01/p20050115c01.html
Apparently it's a thing.
Damn