From: Jonathan Spencer, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Formed
>bodies of troops with fixed bayonets may not enter a
>town unless their unit has the "freedom" of the Borough.
>This is one of the greivances against standing armies
>which the Bill of Rights addressed.
I don't know whether that's correct or not, for example,
what about the Rememberance Day parades? Agreed, they
are generally unarmed.
When a unit is given the freedom of a city, they are
granted the *right* to *parade* through the town at any
time of their choosing. (Obviously they don't do this. :)
Otherwise, they have to be specifically invited by the
local authority. The document granting the freedom often
speaks of "with bayonets fixed and band playing". When a
unit has this freedom, it is usually exercised annually
(said he, who's done a few. :)
--Jonathan Spencer, firearms examiner
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Judge Sturgess, 22 July 1928
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