Reliving our Past and Putting Food Down For the Winter | War of 1812 | Harvest | Pioneer Life

Peter hosts the 49’th Regiment of Foot at the Cedar Hollow Tavern. He covers the history of the War of 1812, focusing on the causal effects leading up to President James Madison making a declaration of war. He discusses General Brock's arrival in the Canada's and the problems he is confronted with, including determining where the loyalty of the settlers' lies and the fact that he has a huge border and a small standing army to defend it. The 49'th, he is hosting demonstrate "the order of arms drill" and the life of a soldier in the early 19'th centurty. They also do a reenactment of a recruiting effort of the British enlisting farm boys. A traditional meal is prepared by the camp followers. A pork roast is prepared using a reflector oven in front of the open hearth rumford fireplace.

After the Regiment departs, he harvests winter cabbage and stores it in the root cellar, preserving it for winter consumption.

Special thank you to the 49'th Regiment of Foot - for more information about this amazing group please check out their webpage at http://49thgrenadiers.com/ or check out their Facebook page at   / 189239905642  

If you are enjoying our videos, please continue to like each week's episode and subscribe to our channel - this helps us bring you unique content and a little bit of history every week.

Featuring - Peter Kelly
Cinematography - Catherine Wolfe
Producer & Editor - Shane Kelly

SOCIAL MEDIA
YouTube -    / @thewoodlandescape  
Instagram -   / the.woodland.escape  
Facebook -   / the.woodland.escape  

MUSIC
The amazing music in this episode is graciously provided by our friends - Richard Fortier and Al MacDonald

#bushcraft #18thcenturypioneer #logcabinbuild #selfreliance #outhousebuild #northamericanhistory #longhunter #1700spioneerlife #fallharvest
#Warof1812 #Rootcellar #foodpreservation #pioneerlife