be raised. Although the responsibility for public duties in Ottawa was assumed by the Canadian Guards, the regiment provided individuals for this purpose until the formation of the Ceremonial Guard in 1969. Since that date, No. 2 (CGG) Company has participated in the Changing of the Guard on Parliament Hill and Rideau Hall during the summer months. As a result, the City of Ottawa granted its Freedom to the regiment in 1979; a similar grant was made by Montreal in 1990 in commemoration of 225 years of service to the city since the formation of 1st Company, District of Montreal Militia, in 1764. Service to Canada and Montreal continues. Members of the regiment participated in aid to civil power at Oka and Kahnawake in the summer of 1990, and members served with the United Nations Protection Force in the former Yugoslavia, as well as with the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Middle East. Members served with and in support of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan; the Canadian name for that mission was Operation Athena. Most recently, members deployed in various capacities and roles on Operation Reassurance, Operation Unifier, Operation Impact. As well as supporting domestic operations on Operation Lentus and Operation Laser. Alliances – Grenadier Guards Battle honours The regiment has been awarded 35 battle honours, of which 23 are emblazoned upon the colours (those in bold type below), and one honorary distinction. Battle honours in small capital letters are for large operations and campaigns, and those in title case are for more specific battles. War of 1812 The non-emblazonable honorary distinction Second Boer War (South Africa) Great War Second World War War in Afghanistan Victoria Cross recipients Private John Francis Young 87th Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force Dury-Arras Sector 2 September 1918 Memorials An M4 tank at Connaught Range and Primary Training Centre in Ottawa, Ontario was dedicated by the 22nd Canadian Armoured Regiment (Canadian Grenadier Guards) to the memory of its soldiers who fought in Northwest Europe from 1944 to 1945. Coudehard-Montormel Memorial – In 1965 on the battle's 20th anniversary, a monument to the Polish, Canadian (22nd CAR / CGG), American and French units that took part in the battle was erected on Hill 262. Marking the occasion, former President of the United States Dwight D. Eisenhower commented that "no other battlefield presented such a horrible sight of death, hell, and total destruction."