On Saturday, August 29, the Cape Breton Highlanders will exercise the Freedom of the City of the CBRM with a parade through downtown Sydney.
The Regiment will step off at approximately 10:45 a.m. from the corner of Pitt and George Streets, marching along Pitt Street, Charlotte Street, Falmouth Street and the Esplanade to City Hall. A ceremony will take place at City Hall before the Regiment marches back to the Victoria Park Armouries.
The Freedom of the City is one of the highest civic honours a municipality can bestow upon a military unit. It gives the Cape Breton Highlanders the privilege of marching through the streets with drums beating, colours flying and bayonets fixed. The Regiment was originally granted the Freedom of the City in 1996.
Streets will remain open during the parade, with a police escort accompanying the Regiment along with a military pipes and drums band.