Step into a Revolution-era winter at this living history event: flintlock musket demos, Continental soldier cooking, 18th-century holiday traditions, and hands-on clove-and-orange pomander making.
About At a Continental Army encampment and Revolution-era farm, visitors can hear accounts of Christmas and winter during the Revolutionary War. Learn about winter in the Continental Army encampment, including how soldiers cooked rations on an earthen kitchen, and observe flintlock musket demonstrations throughout the day. On the Revolution-era farm adorned with greenery, historical interpreters compare and contrast 18th-century holiday traditions with those of modern times and demonstrate a variety of holiday activities, from setting a farmhouse table for a holiday feast and open-hearth cooking of period dishes. Visitors can take part in making traditional holiday pomanders with cloves and oranges.