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Re-enactors at War and Peace |
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Re-enactors at War
and Peace
 RE-ENACTORS will play a vital role in bringing to life the
dangers which faced Britain during the dark days of 1940, at the War and Peace
Show this year.
On the Tuesday before the Show - 20 July - thousands of
school children will walk through a dramatic live exhibition depicting the
evacuation of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and the wholesale migration of
children to places of safety during the blitz.
Living history groups will gear re-enactments to the
children's school curriculum. There will be displays of military vehicles. The
Medway Queen Preservation Society will demonstrate how a pleasure paddle
steamer rescued 7,000 men from the beaches. And former evacuees and war
veterans will be on hand to answer questions.
Show organiser Rex Cadman said: "Kent played a vital role in
ensuring the survival of Britain at a time when we could easily have been
invaded and our way of life destroyed. We want to ensure future generations are
kept fully aware of this."
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