Richard Davis, the Patton Museum curator, swears in about two dozen new recruits into the U.S. Army during the Army's 250th birthday June 14, 2025.

FORT KNOX, Ky. — About two dozen young men and women from the Elizabethtown area raised their right hands in front of the entrance to the Patton Museum of Leadership June 14.

In celebration of the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, the recruits recited their oath of enlistment in front of a sizable crowd of Fort Knox and surrounding area leaders before participating in the opening of a new wing at the museum followed by a two-cake cutting ceremony.

Several attended the ribbon cutting of the new wing in the Patton Museum, dedicated to the 107-year history of Fort Knox.

“It’s fitting that we include these new recruits as part of our 250-year history,” said Richard Davis, the museum curator. Dressed in a colonial uniform, Davis swore in the new recruits.

The new museum wing touches on the 107-year history of Fort Knox and is expected to expand in time.

A young girl tries her hand at a very old children's toy with encouragement by Sheri Davis, the wife of Patton Museum curator Richard Davis.