Fall Muster, Labor Day weekend celebration at Fort D

Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian

Sunday, September 5, 2021

Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau celebrated it’s 160th Fall Muster Labor Day weekend. The celebration at Fort D, located at 920 West Fort Street in Cape Girardeau, was held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, through Monday, Sept. 6, 2021, and included a variety of demonstrations from volunteers and reenactors from the Turner Brigade Association. Pictured are scenes from Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021.

Johnny Robins, longtime reenactor for the Turner Brigade Association, adjusts the rope on his horse, Rebel, on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, at Fort D Historic Site, located at 920 West Fort Street in Cape Girardeau, during the 160th Fall Muster and Labor Day celebration. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
Charles Tullock, a volunteer with 1st Missouri Light Artillery, shows attendees how to build wheels for horse-drawn buggies during the 160th Fall Muster and Labor Day celebration at Fort D Historic Site, located at 920 West Fort Street in Cape Girardeau, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
Volunteers Andrew Porter, 15, front, and Dalton Blankenship, 15, fire replica rifles at Fort D Historic Site, located at 920 West Fort Street in Cape Girardeau, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, during the 160th Fall Muster and Labor Day celebration. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
Reenactors from the Turner Brigade Association sit under their display at Fort D Historic Site, located at 920 West Fort Street in Cape Girardeau, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, during the 160th Fall Muster and Labor Day celebration. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)

Johnny Robins, longtime reenactor for the Turner Brigade Association, poses for a photo with his horse, Rebel, at Fort D Historic Site, located at 920 West Fort Street in Cape Girardeau, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, during the 160th Fall Muster and Labor Day celebration. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)
Several displays and reenactments are set-up at Fort D Historic Site, located at 920 West Fort Street in Cape Girardeau, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021, for the 160th Fall Muster and Labor Day celebration. (Brooke Holford ~ Southeast Missourian)