Reliving our Past and Putting Food Down For the Winter | War of 1812 | Harvest | Pioneer Life
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- Опубліковано 23 жов 2021
- 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 49thgrenadiers.com/ or check out their Facebook page at / 189239905642
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loving the history by the hearth, great oration, looking forward to more , love all aspects of this channel especially the road trips,historical sites, seeing how life really was back then
Thank you so much for the kind words and for your interest in our channel.
Many thanks to all the good folks who make these reenactments possible at their own expense! Both US and Canada. I love history. 1812 is a war almost forgotten in US history. It's sad they couldn't postpone the REAL war due to inclement weather😄. For that matter, ALL the unjust wars ever fought over land disputes! I wish our political leaders would glean something from the errors of the past. Or, if they just had to fight, themselves, rather than sending innocent young people to do the fighting for them? Yeah.
I agree with you wholeheartedly!
Those are some pretty little Lads.
It's great they filled the spots.
Thank you 👍🏴
Thanks Peter! Awesome!
Sorey. I'm an American, and Texan. It might take us a few minutes to come up to speed, but then we roll on.
I am really loving your channel. The reference to Tecumseh made remember the great book about him called Panther in the sky - a fantastic read. Perhaps one of the greatest military minds that tried to unite all the tribes from Canada to Mexico. The bit in the book about how he earned his pawaka is amazing and I turned that into a great activity with kids.
Great video from a great weekend! Can't thank you guys enough for hosting us!
The pleasure was ours Michelle. You and your clan are welcome back anytime.
Great channel! I've been binge watching the last few days and just can't say enough about how much I am enjoying what you've created here! The military drill in this episode was really interesting to compare to the equivalent rifle drill I learned as a Canadian Sea Cadet in the 1980's. I can see the connection to the past although it appears that as the rifles shortened the actual cadence of the movements also increased.
Your last comment makes sense as they became shorter but also lighter … a Bess with a bayonet attached is a beast. I thank you for your interest and support.
I recognize a few of those faces! I'm a reenactor with the 41st of foot. Huzzah!
Huzzah to a fellow historian.
We had such an amazing time, many thanks for having us!!
As did we April and do come and see us, as you know, your welcome anytime.
Just discovered your channel and am thoroughly enjoying it. As a reenactor who loves "living history" (active verb), I cannot thank you enough for all you are doing to keep our history alive and well. Very needed and very much appreciated.
We appreciate both your interest and support, Vicki.
Well what can I say... I wish I'd been there! A fine looking weekend for all!
And you were sorely missed my friend.
It's great to watch some war re-enactment from the past. It's like you're witnessing what had happened in the past 👍👍👍🇵🇭
As always appreciate your efforts and dedication. As a society I believe we could all benefit from a deeper understanding of history. I have found that the general population is much more receptive of history when it is presented by reenactors who have a true passion and a deep understanding as opposed to printed text on a page. Thanks again and keep your powder dry!!
Your continued interest in our endevour is appreciated Ashley, watch your top knot!
you are making some mighty fine videos thank you very much
Hi Peter.
Loved this one! Unlike you to make a mistake though…..fancy putting the hole for the door latch rope through the frame instead of the door! Lol! It reminds me of a rhyme we used to recite when I was a child, not sure if you know it in Canada but it would certainly relevant to your potential privy door issue if you had not realised in time:
Oh dear, what can the matter be
Mother’s got locked in the lavatory
She was there from Monday to Saturday
And nobody knew she was there!
Best wishes,
Mark
Trust me, when the cameras not running I make lots, lol. If I do, pretty easy to edit out, lol.
Love the rhyme!
Great to have walked up Brock’s monument as a kid in the ‘50’s
I like how the ladies get into it too.
You are all such good teachers ,I enjoy this work ,and love to join you for a strong cup of coffee ☕ U'Siyam🌲🐢🏝🇨🇦🇺🇲🇲🇽
Any time Sandy, the door of the Cedar Hollow Tavern is always open to friends.
@@TheWoodlandEscape
OMG You made my Day❣🕯🐝❤
Ok then You're On ! THANKYOU🤲
I look forward to seeing you all,the road trip is from B.C. to Ontario.I will let you know when I am ready for departure.
Thankyou Again
Have a Lovely Valentine's Day❤💐
Peter & Cathy💙💖
Thanks for sharing this with our Facebook page!
Our pleasure Chester and thanks for your interest.
Oh yes, I enjoyed my weekly visit to the Cabin
Maybe they will eventually let us be friends again and drop the v-passport ridiculousness. I really want to visit Quebec City, to hike the maritime etc. and hope to be able to visit the Alconquin wilderness too. I would love to plain air paint in all these places. I used to always buy my loose tea in Canada. Plus I like the big maple leaf flag despite the fact we produce maple on our own NEK property. Looks like the regiment had a good time and of course you were gracious hosts providing excellent food and company. The winter cabbage looks great. I left my carrots in the ground, had a couple of frosts here already. I made 26 gallons of various vegetable ferments so far, including cabbage, carrot, daikon radish. I love your root cellar and we have not yet built one here but I suspect we will model it off of yours but use more rock as on this bony land they seem to replicate.
We too look forward to visiting our many friends in the States!
@@TheWoodlandEscape I hope you can. We have now fired up the wood cook stove and we cook on it every day. Soon the masonry heater gets fired up too - it takes three days to bring all the mass up to a nice warm radiating heat. Good thing we work hard from Spring till Fall getting wood chopped, split, stacked in between our food production and our other job as composers.
@@sukeywatson1281 I hear your pain. I'm a dual citizen and I haven't seen my American family in years now. 🙁
looks like you had more rain there than we had in Manitoba, we were struggling to get the crops water. All our harvests were small.
We did have a great growing season this year. We never had to irrigate at all this year. I trust you will manage with your harvest.
Again great job, very enjoyable.
Another educational video great job.
Great episode!
Thank you Peter!!
A fine video, learning about history!
Nicely done!
First skirmish was not far from my childhood neighbourhood in Sandwich. Loved seeing the uniforms, brings back great memories of school trips to Fort Malden.
exceptional once again squire
Great congratulations! 👍👏👏👏👏
Thanks for sharing the history lesson with us living history is always the best
2 - 3 - 4 …. 2 - 3 - 4 ….oh my gosh ……. 2 - 3 - 4 …… dam …… 2 - 3 - 4 …..
fellas need more beef
Congrats 49th !
Not bad…not bad.
I expect half my family was in the militia during the war of 1812. Great video thanks again.
a job well done,i love your show
fantástico como siempre mi buen señor.
So cool
Loved the history lesson and the demonstrations. Sorry about Jefferson’s prediction. It’s part of our DNA to assume every conflict will be a cakewalk. Glad everything worked out that you got to keep Canada and we get to visit, albeit a little more difficultly due to Covid. I remember as a kid visiting the family in Western New York State and heading on over to Canada for fishing and to visit distant cousins. My wife’s family came to the United States from Scotland, originally, then Canada through Detroit. The best neighbors ever! Thanks for another great one, Peter and Cathy. Enjoyed it.
Cathy and I actually owned a property in the Finger Lakes region of Ny and lived down therefor a couple of years. We made many a life long friend and when calling them always start by saying, howdy neighbor.
I had such a fantastic time that weekend. Thank you.
As did Cathy and I. You’re welcome back anytime Ryan.
Awesome video, great to see the different scenarios!
Thank you, we appreciate your interest.
Your reenactors are too good at their craft. Despite our common language and heritage, our owed debt for our laws and political system, our common lineages, our debt for the aid given the U.S. by Britain and The Common Wealth in recent wars, our 200 years of shared struggle and friendship there is still a certain effect on the psyche of some Americans at the sight of red coats behind fixed bayonets, something like waving a red flag in the face of a bull. At a British "Hazzah" I can't help but think of Daniel Morgan's answer at the Battle of Cow Pens, "Give"em an Indian war hoop, By God!" That being said, the Union Jack is a very beautiful flag and, in fall, there is no more beautiful tree than the maple. Friendship, my fellow American.
Profound words indeed, Larry. Thank you for sharing your insight.
I can't speak for all Americans but the attempt to annex "the Canadas" is something that wasn't fully taught as part of the high school history programs. The war of 1812 was taught, again at least to my school, only as a continuation of British hostilities against the new nation, and the battles in Canada were presented as an unfortunate side effect of that.
It wasn't until college, or for me, independent study, that I saw the fuller picture.
From my readings of letters, essays and news of the era, I have gained the perspective that the leaders of America, weren't so much bragging about their ability to take Canada by force, but that most people were generally under the impression that Canada would be as ready to get rid of the English as America had been, and it would be a "formality" of marching troops North to stake the claim.
History is always far more mundane, and complicated, than we assume & I love *real* history without the propaganda or proselytizing. I also love the smirks and giggles of those "vicious Redcoats!" as y'all share some history in a fun way.
Thanks for sharing & thanks to the brave "lads" of the 49th for helping to humanize the events. Hope they're not too disappointed that I had my eye on that reflector oven, more than their marksmanship. :)
Cheers from the Indiana territory.
There were many sound reasons for the new nation to declare war on Britain but, most definitely the expansionism of the Nation was an element.
@@TheWoodlandEscape I agree. I am still digging through accounts from the era trying to understand if it was the disregarding of the warning to avoid the game of Empire, just political realities of the time, or even just a desire to "Strut" on the world stage that led us into the surge of expansionism. So far, as is usual with all human events, it seems to be a mixed bag of motivations by many people.
I always enjoy your videos, and do thank you for taking the time to share with us.
Thank you soo much for your work sir . I am really far of this perfection (due to too much restriction in france...) but you really inspired me , again many thanks ! Keep your awsome work ! Best regards from France .
Thank you.
This is an excellent channel! Glad I found it. I'm sure you'll have quite a large subscriber base in a couple years.
Thank you.
Good evening Peter. Been waiting for your weekly upload. We just had our mississenewa 1812 reenactment a couple weeks ago here. Thanks for sharing and take care.
Our pleasure Michael , I’ve always wanted to get to that event, perhaps next year.
Thanks Again! As a student of history { to avoid the mistakes in the future } I enjoyed the living lessons. My recruiter lied too. I could have used this video in 1982. Have a happy day.
How long were you in the service Don?
@@TheWoodlandEscape Only a short time. Respects to all who have served.
nice work 👍
Спасибо
A great video. Love seen the reenactment. I saw and talked to quite lot of them during my time at South Shields UK when I was doing my first dig on the Roman fort. However 10 gallons of sauerkraut makes my stomach turn 😄. Must be better than store bought though
No comparison lol
Great video Peter, seeing the War of 1812 re-enactment was interesting !! Those baked beans & pork looked mighty good !! Garden looks so lonely with just about everything harvested now, keeping the root on the cabbages smart idea !! See you next time !!
The tire meal was delicious, made all the better with the comradeship of good friends.
Another great 'yarn' mate!!!
I am belatedly learning some of the history of your magnificent country.
Love the channel.
Nothing beats a good yarn. I attempt to get it accurate but, must admit, “one should never let the truth get in the way of a good story”.
@@TheWoodlandEscape
Haha. I understand. In Australian vernacular a yarn is a chat or a story, no intimation that it's not accurate.
A great way to relate history!!!
Ótimo vídeo parabéns 🇧🇷👍🤝✊
Interesting that the war of 1812 was portrayed in school as a war between the US and Britain. They don't seem to cover the details as they should. Very interesting to hear a different point of view
Hi thank you for sharing your video we really enjoyed watching it and it was very interesting to see how you all reacanted the war thank you for the history lesson Larry June and Laurie from Mt Shasta California
Our pleasure June and thanks for your continued interest.
Thank you for sharing your friends and their thoughts and adventures in different activities my friend and the food looks yummy
Thanks Earl and the food was indeed outstanding!
You are welcome my friends
Love that cabin! When are putting in the swimming pool!
In parts of Ireland they leave root crops in the soil until needed through the winter. Brussel sprouts and cabbage as well.
We also leave some crops like carrots and parsnips, munched and in the ground. In heavy snow winters it can be difficult to harvest them, especially if we get a few ice storms.
I really liked the fancy duds, you look good!The green hunting shirt looked good as well.
Why thank you sir!
Them aint lads! Thems lassies!
I’d have signed them up as well lol.
The recruiter obviously had some ulterior motives.
Its still a "CANOOK" VERSION 😂😂😂
TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS.... 😂😂😂😂😂
جميل جدا جدا
❤😊😊
That much cabbage in a small cabin could have adverse consequences. :)
The sargent was way too nice to be historically accurate lol.
I know I know. Haha 😈
I suspect your right, historically they were know to be very harsh indeed.
Not sure about during the Napoleonic era, but during the American Revolution British sergeants were not harsh or mean to those in their care. Most accounts we have from new recruits describe the sergeants as more like mentors, helping the new soldiers acclimate to army life. To be fair, this is the case in the 1760's-1780's, and the character of sergeants had definitely shifted by the mid 19th century.
very pretty, my friend
Hi from Syracuse NY USA brother and thank you for sharing your thoughts and adventures of the war of 1812
There’s a long history of we Americans under estimating how difficult a war is going to be up front
Indeed.
The shilling he took and he kissed the book - oh Jonny, what would happen to ya!
BTW, here in Ukraine if people harvest cabbage themselves, they may hang it in the root cellar, by its stern with a rope. In such a way it does not compress itself by touching the ground or a shelf. Do you hang anything in your cellar?
It is a good way to preserve stuff but, by the time we have it full there is little space for hanging.
خلي السلاح صاحي ونظفة كويس يساعد في الازمات
Do you waste the outside leaves of the cabbage?
No more that necessary to ensure there will be no spoilage in the root cellar. Normally we are eating our last cabbage in Late March of the following year.
Which Cabbage do you grow for storage?
Sorry for the tardy response. We grow “Expect” and “Reaction” for winter storage. We get them started in June and transplant them into the garden in July. They start to head in September.
@@TheWoodlandEscape thanks
You look remarkably like Benjamin Franklin.
With me bald old pallet and long white hair, I could no doubt pull off an impression of the man, lol.
Alan Elkhart has some good books with the 1812 war and tecumpsa.
I love all Elkhart books. My favorite is the Frontiersman where he follows the life of Simon Keaton.
@@TheWoodlandEscape frontiersman was the first book I ever read (that I wasn’t required to lol) and it really inspired my life. I was born and raised a couple miles from the camp site near Charleston WV where Kenton and his two partners (Yeager was the one killed) were ambushed and Kenton stumbled around naked for many days until found by Jacob greathouse. Anyway, a young impressionable kid I guess, I got into reenactment and eventually building quite a few muzzleloaders. The names from ekharts books, many of those families still live there. There’s Wetzels, Yeagers, Zanes, Brady and others I can’t recall right now, it was cool growing up around there, knowing the history and meeting the same names. Thanks for the videos
@@TheWoodlandEscape Eckert lol, spellcheck did Elkhart
Okay but you are still a red coat lol I understand my friend
You’re not near Niagara are you?
No,we are in Eastern Ontario.
@@TheWoodlandEscape 👍🏻 I farm, and Fort George and the Niagara River are at end of my road. Excellent bit of history you are LIVING. If you have the chance come down. Parks Canada spent a pile of money on Fort Mississauga.
What bean was used in such a pot?
Simple white navy beans.
@@TheWoodlandEscape thank you, I was thinking that but had never asked anyone.
Forgive me for breaking him did you say no more garden after this year? Back to the video
Not "after", but "for this year "
JIM
If I did, I meant to say for this year.
I probably just misunderstood . I do want to thank you and Teresa for the wonderful video.
Lobsterbacks!
It was a derogatory terms used by American during the Revolution … I suspect it annoyed them there Red Coats quite a bit, lol.
@@TheWoodlandEscape True. Sort of like the Yankee Doodle Macaroni payback.
In my mind it is sad that Canada did not join the USA. How mighty we would have been against the English! No longer would you sing God Save The King or Queen! I feel that we are cousins with my family name is Vanier.
But, as the French say, “Vive la difference!”
I don't know that Sergeant looks rather shifty...
Why did you choose to be a loyalist
I’m not a loyalist I’m a born and raised Canadian. A loyalist was American who sided with the British. As to why, there are many reasons.
Cool video but the recruiter needs some new glasses, those are women. The British army didnt accept women back then, so i guess these re-enactors arent so concerned about historical accuracy.
The 49th is more concerned with letting everyone enjoy the hobby instead! I think the notion that men enlisted and not women is pretty clear when we dress up as men, are called men etc.
The recruiter had ulterior motives.