11/1/2004

The King's Own appear in Smithsonian Institute exhibit, "The Price Of Freedom"

It was unknown to the King's Own how we'd be seen. It was unknown if we'd be seen at all!

Turns out that the King's Own has a very visible spot in a new exhibit at the Smithsonian Exhibit. Titled "The Price of Freedom: Americans at War" is located at the National Museum of American History, Behring Center, in Washington, D.C. According to their web site, the exhibit at the , "surveys the history of America’s military from the French and Indian Wars to the present conflict in Iraq, exploring ways in which wars have been defining episodes in American history."

The King's Own and about 80 other British Regulars spent a sunny Sunday morning the previous July in a Westford, MA, field working with a Smithsonian Film Crew. We marched away from the camera, towards the camera, across the camera, and a about a dozen other angles. We took take after take.

The angle used, however, was of the line leaping into action as we do each year at Lexington Green. The film crew had set up a barricade of plywood with a hole cut for the camera. The King's Own was exactly opposite and ordered to fire and then charge. That's the shot they used!

So if you go to the Smithsonian and as you first enter the exhibit, you are greeted by wall-sized monitor with the 4^th charging at you! We're glad to be part of this great educational exhibit!

To learn more, visit the Smithsonian Institute web site: The Price of Freedom