Who was Turner anyway?

Who was Turner anyway?

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Field Musicians Wanted!

A Turner Bugler, 2004

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CURRENT SCHEDULE

Schedule of Events

Training Army Reservists at Fort D, 2007

A Company M crew trains modern Army Reservists at the 2007 Fort D living history in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

The Brigade calendar for 2024 will include some of the following events. Events marked Brigade Maximum are expected to have representation by all Turner companies.

January 27: Bloomfield, MO.  Stars and Strips Kids Day living history at Stars and Stripes Museum.  “Civil War Action around Bloomfield”.

March 2: St. Louis, MO. Friends of Jefferson Barracks Swap Meet at the Pavilion at Lemay recreation center in South St. Louis County.

March 8-10:  Yale, OK.  Reenactment of the Battle of Round Mountain.

March 23: St. Louis, MO. Sherman Remembrance Ceremony at Calvary Cemetery at 11 a.m. Presented by U.S. Grant Camp #68, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

April 6: Cape Girardeau, MO. American Battlefield Park Day at Fort D. Co. E. Click here for map to event site.

April 8: Cape Girardeau, MO. Fort D Dark of the Sun.  Living history and the Eclipse.   Co. E. Click here for map to event site.

April 20-21: Pilot Knob, MO. Brigade Spring Drill. Brigade Maximum.

May 4-5: Rockville, IN. Billie Creek Civil War Days reenactment.  Click here for link to event website.

May 17-19: St. Louis, MO. “Bitter Conflicts” living history timeline at Jefferson Barracks County Park.

May 17-19:  Resaca, GA.  Reenactment of the Battle of Resaca.

May 25-27: Cape Girardeau, MO. Memorial Day living history at Fort D. Co. E. Click here for map to event site.

May 27: St. Louis County, MO. Memorial Day ceremonies at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

May 27: St. James, MO. Memorial Day ceremonies at St. James Veterans Home.

June 1-2: Pittsfield, IL. Lincoln Days Reenactment. Brigade Maximum. Click here for link to event website.

June 7-9:  Baldwyn, MS.   160th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Bryce’s Cross Roads.

June 14-16:  Carthage, MO.  Reenactment of the Battle of Carthage.

Spring/Summer TBD:  New Madrid, MO.  Living history at Hunter-Dawson State Historic Site.

July 4: Cape Girardeau, MO. July 4 living history at Fort D. Co. E. Click here for map to event site.

July 20: St. Louis, MO. U.S. Grant Remembrance Ceremony at U.S. Grant National Historic Site in south St. Louis County. Presented by U.S. Grant Camp #68, Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.

July 27 or Aug. 24: Bloomfield, MO.  Stars and Strips Kids Day living history at Stars and Stripes Museum.  “The Capture of the Swamp Fox Jeff Thompson”.

July 26-28:  Winchester, VA.  160th anniversary reenactment of the 2nd Battle of Kernstown.

August TBD:  Pleasanton, KS.  Reenactment of the Battle of Mine Creek.

August 17-18:  Bible Grove, MO.  Reenactment of the Battle of Vassar Hill.

August 31-September 2: Cape Girardeau, MO. Labor Day living history at Fort D. Click here for map to event site.

September 5-8:  Boonville, MO.  Reenactment of the Battle of Boonville.

September 13-15:  La Grange, MO.  “Battle on the Mississippi” reenactment.

September 14-15: St. Louis, MO. Folklife Festival living history at Kirkwood Park.

September 21-22:  Osawatomie, KS.  Freedom Festival reenactment.

September 28-29:  Pilot Knob, MO.  Reenactment of the Battle of Pilot Knob.  Brigade Maximum.

TBD: Sullivan, MO. Harney Heritage Day living history at the Harney Mansion.

October TBD:  Kansas City, MO.  160th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Westport.

October 4-5: Bloomfield, MO. Liberty Days living history at Stars and Stripes Museum.  Co. E.

October 18-20:  Middletown, VA.  160th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Cedar Creek.

October 25-27:  Franklin, TN.  160th anniversary reenactment of the Battle of Franklin.

November 9&11: Cape Girardeau, MO. Veterans Day living history at Fort D. Co. E. Click here for map to event site.

November 23: Bloomfield, MO.  Stars and Stripes Museum Kids Day living history at Stars & Stripes Museum.  “November 1861:  The Birth of The Stars and Stripes Military Newspaper:  By the Soldiers, For the Soldiers”.  Co. E.

December 6-8:  Prairie Grove. AR.  Reenactment of the Battle of Prairie Grove.

TBD:  Clinton, MO.  Reenactment.

Click here for a pdf list of 2024 events with locator map. The Turner Brigade may not participate in all these events. See the schedule above for participation.