Labor Day at Fort D
Fred Lynch
Monday, September 2, 2013
Civil War history is re-enacted with Fort D Day on Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 2 at Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.
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Turner Brigade members, from left, David Hagler, Scott House, Jerry Kasten and Chris Wessel fire a 3/4-size replica of a Civil War-era, 3-inch ordnance rifle during Fort D Day Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.
(Fred Lynch)
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Fort D Day brings out Civil War re-enactors and visitors to the Fort D Historic Site Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 in Cape Girardeau.
(Fred Lynch)
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Turner Brigade member Scott House explains the 3-inch ordnance that was used in a Civil War-era rifle to visitors at Fort D Day Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.
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Joe Roberts discusses a .58 caliber rifled musket, a replica of an 1861 Springfield, during Fort D Day Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau. Roberts is a member of the 1st Missouri Volunteer Engineers, Company E, of the Turner Brigade.
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Turner Brigade members Joe Roberts, left, Chris Wessel, Jerry Kasten and David Hagler shoot the breeze between rifle demonstrations during Fort D Day Sept. 2, 2013 at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.
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Turner Brigade member Scott House discusses Civil War history Monday, Sept. 2, 2013 with Marcie Mueth of Columbia, Mo. and Tim Forck of Ashland, Mo. inside the replica powder house at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau.
(Fred Lynch)
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Ruth Kasten shows Elise Marie Buchheit of Perryville, Mo. how to open a folding fan at Fort D Day.
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It's lunch time for the Turner Brigade at Fort D Historic Site.
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A photograph of a typical engineer group from the Civil War is displayed at Fort D Historic Site.