Trooping the Colour: London's Ceremonial Regiments at War and on Parade

Explores the history, traditions, and key personalities behind London's ceremonial regiments, both on parade and at war.

Today Trooping the Colour gathers crowds of tourists; along with the pomp and ceremony it is an event filled with tradition that spans many hundreds of years. In that history lies duty, a call to arms, and a rallying in battle. The regimental colours were presented to the soldiers daily so that they would recognize it in the melee of battle and rally toward it. In 1748 the...