Cape Girardeau, MO: Living history at Fort D.
Company E presented a living history event at Fort D in Cape Girardeau, MO, on Labor Day, Monday, September 2, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A special ceremony at 11:00 a.m. celebrated its addition to the National Register of Historic Places.
Thanks mainly to the work of Turners Scott and Patti House and Bill Eddleman of Cape Girardeau, that city’s Fort D historic site has been named to the National Register of Historic Places as a site of state-level significance. Fort D is the last surviving of four Union forts built to protect Cape Girardeau from Confederate attack during the Civil War. Fort D has special significance due to its connection to engineer John Wesley Powell, who was charged by Gen. U. S. Grant with completing the fortifications around Cape Girardeau. After the Civil War, Powell became famous for his exploration of the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon.
Co. G Capt. Greg Zelinske drills members of Co. E in the manual of arms during the living history at Fort D in Cape Girardeau, MO, on September 2, 2019.
Members of Co. E fire a demonstration musket volley during the living history at Fort D in Cape Girardeau, MO, on September 2, 2019.
Local musicians played period music during the living history at Fort D in Cape Girardeau, MO, on September 2, 2019.
Turner Sheila Porter displayed the tools of a company laundress during the living history at Fort D in Cape Girardeau, MO, on September 2, 2019.
Co. E commander Scott House talks about Fort D’s Ordnance Rifle during the living history at Fort D in Cape Girardeau, MO, on September 2, 2019.
Co. E commander Scott House addresses the assembled public during the ceremony marking Fort D’s addition to the National Register of Historic Places in Cape Girardeau, MO, on September 2, 2019.
A Co. E honor guard forms up during the ceremony marking Fort D’s addition to the National Register of Historic Places in Cape Girardeau, MO, on September 2, 2019.
Co. E commander Scott House addresses the assembled public during the ceremony marking Fort D’s addition to the National Register of Historic Places in Cape Girardeau, MO, on September 2, 2019.
Co. E commander Scott House addresses the assembled public during the ceremony marking Fort D’s addition to the National Register of Historic Places in Cape Girardeau, MO, on September 2, 2019. A local TV reporter filmed the ceremony.
Co. G Capt. Greg Zelinske directs a musket salute by a Co. E honor guard as part of the ceremony marking Fort D’s addition to the National Register of Historic Places in Cape Girardeau, MO, on September 2, 2019.
A Company E crew fires a salute from Fort D’s Ordnance Rifle to conclude the ceremony marking Fort D’s addition to the National Register of Historic Places in Cape Girardeau, MO, on September 2, 2019.