Students make and take home a regimental pewter button and print a British Military Commission. A focus can be put on the War of 1812 or the Rebellion of 1837- 38. Students are introduced to military life and the pre-Victorian celebration of Christmas at Fort Malden. Experience first hand the holiday festivities at a British fort in Canada. Activities include making a Christmas decoration to take home and preparing a special treat to eat over the hearth.
Participants prepare and eat a soldiers' meal of stew, bread and butter.
The students cut up the meat and vegetables and cook their stew in an authentic boiler, make butter from cream and bake cakes on the hearth. After a tour of the fortifications and officer' exhibits, dinner is eaten in the soldiers' barrack. This program has a size limit of about 30 students. Students fully experience military life in a mid-19th century British fort. In a restored Barrack setting, students make and eat a soldier's meal, march, learn the drill of British infantrymen, and spend a quiet evening of games and cards before retiring to their straw bunks.