Memorial Day at Fort D Historic Site

Jacob Wiegand

Monday, May 27, 2019

Scenes from Memorial Day at Fort D Historic Site on Monday, May 27, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. Scott House of Cape Girardeau said he and other local reenactors at the Fort D event enjoy “keeping this place alive and bringing history to life here.”

Dressed as a Civil War soldier, Andrew Porter of Marble Hill, Missouri, 13, places a hand over the side of his head as a cannon fires during a Memorial Day at Fort D Historic Site event Monday, May 27, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Patti House of Cape Girardeau prepares food during a Memorial Day at Fort D Historic Site event Monday, May 27, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Montell Jackson, originally of Watertown, New York, and now Cape Girardeau, 17, walks out of Fort D while dressed as a Civil War soldier during a Memorial Day at Fort D Historic Site event Monday, May 27, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Dressed as a Civil War soldier, Mike Watson of Herculaneum, Missouri, helps secure a tent next to Jerry Kasten of Cape Girardeau, right, during a Memorial Day at Fort D Historic Site event Monday, May 27, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Men dressed in Civil War-era garb eat during a Memorial Day at Fort D Historic Site event Monday, May 27, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Scott House of Cape Girardeau speaks with spectators during a Memorial Day at Fort D Historic Site event Monday, May 27, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Dressed as a Civil War soldier, Andrew Porter of Marble Hill, Missouri, 13, walks across the grounds of Fort D Historic Site during a Memorial Day at Fort D Historic Site event Monday, May 27, 2019, in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)