Sugaring Off: 18th-Century Style in Kingston

Many families stopped by the Senate House grounds in Kingston on Saturday, April 2 and participated in the annual Sugaring Off: 18^th-Century Style.  There were demonstrations of boiling maple sap down to syrup, hewing a log into a trough,18^th-century medicines, sewing and hearthside cooking.  Local militia units also demonstrated 18^th-century camp life. Musician Mark Rust of Woodstock provided colonial-style music on his banjo, violin, guitar and spoons.