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RlP Lloyd Farrar musicologist 4th Maryland Brass Band

That drum would have had the face emblazoned with the Kings armes and G111 REX in black

RIP LARRY BRADBURRY 64TH FOOT COMMANDER

Where can I get the uniform and bearskin hat

Boa tarde João que esteja bem contigo.

Funny how the basics of fortification haven't changed for hundreds of years at that point...

In defense of the myth, getting hit by buckshot is different than a saber.

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I’m aware that Peter Navarre served at fort Megis. He came to the maumee valley in 1807. Was he fur trading with Indians during that time period? In the Toledo and perrysburg area?

Great work!

I've got 2 wooden fifes, just like yours, just of a beige colour. Seem to be in B-bemolle. I don't even know the brand. Is fife a cromatic instrument? I cannot find a fingering chart for this model. Any other fife chart that I have found doesn't go well...

Interesting video content.

Can't help remembering Georges Clemenceau's gallows humour (French WW1 politician): “Military justice is to justice what military music is to music". Soldiers were routinely executed for desertion and mutiny at the time. [Edited because I remembered the quotation better 5 minutes afterward.]

I most probably wouldn't be grabbing my piece with that first number, but dancing a jig.

Doing a video on War of 1812 hats Now that’s soldiering…

Looking forward to it!!

That is the most fucked up hair cut I have ever seen.

My family traveled to Fort Meigs last year and we loved it. It was rebuilt to it's former glory. Standing in the common grounds we could actually Invision life in the fort 200 years ago. Definitely make the trip to visit this wonderful fort because it is one of the best historical sites to see and experience.

As the grand (x7) granddaughter I love finding bits of information on Shadrach Byfield's significance in history. I was born in England but my parents moved to the U.S. when I was three, so I've lived a typical American life in the Midwest (Ohio specifically) most of my life. How delightful to learn that I ended up having a connection to a spot not far away, even after centuries of my ancestors living in England and my parents only moving here relatively recently! From what I've heard, Byfield was a real piece of work, full of piss and vinegar and always up for a fight, but I'd like to think our family of artists, executives, hippies, and teachers still holds on to a bit of his ornery, rule-breaking disposition.

Fascinating! I just got a fife and the book “.... and Called the Folks Together: A Manual on the Use of Fife and Drum in the American Continental Army” and can’t wait to learn how to play and learn more about the various tunes they would play for various commands and all. I have JROTC and band (trombone) experience, but those two classes competed when I was in school. It’s too bad they didn’t work together! Thanks for the information

You've answered a bunch of questions I had. So, thank you for that sir. Great video.

I have a Napoleonic style bicorn, what do you think about fitting a chin strap? Is it useful? Is it historically correct?

Correction, by the time of the revolution, and even just before the 7 years war, around 1700 the grenade fell out of fashion and use in grenadier units. The name of grenadier staying as a elite title.

Wait when the fire doesn't the powder goes to your eye if you aim to close

when was the bugle implemented? i love listening to fife and drum, thinking to try to learn

Where do I get a shako from

I always loved spending time at the fort.

I want to add this little fact, everyone at this time used a larger barrel/smaller ball combination as to make room for the fowling to grow, doing so helped insure that the soldiers could load and fire continuously without being slowed down.

Interested history on the Brogan, thanks for sharing

Lol i am setting my tent up in the video at the beginning

What was inside the shako? Was it just empty space? was it filled with something like wood? Cork? Or densely packed felt er leather?

Well done,how about a walking tour? Ft. Meigs, Montgomery Meigs and the modern Gen. Meigs, this is all the same family, right?

Very informative, thanks bud

Its so hard to find any information about neckstocks from the 18th-19th centuries. Its even harder to find anyone making historically accurate examples.

Very interesting look at the blockhouse. We are looking forward to visiting the fort again in the spring.

Awesome job, Dan!!!

Thanks for another great history lesson. We love including 'Fort Meigs Friday' in our weekly homeschool plans!

Great video!

Great overview! Definitely suggest visiting this great historic battlefield.

Great Job! Awesome work getting a horse for the event.

Awesome video, guys!

Great episode, Dan and John! I love the 3 angled view of the Musket going off!

Awesome job, as always, Dan!

Very interesting!!! Thanks Dan and John!!

Great job, Dan!!!

This was great. Turns out we have missed some things to see at the Fort.

So, in the final cap - would they actually wear it with it tucked in (and thus, smaller), or was it always worn long? It seems like it would be distracting while digging a ditch! haha

Great lesson on head gear. Why does the forage cap have such a large top? Did it serve a useful purpose?

I really enjoy these videos, Dan!!!

Very informative!! Never knew where most of these phrases came from! Keep up the awesome and fun videos!!