St. Louis, MO: Memorial Day ceremonies at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Turner Brigade members participated in the annual Memorial Day Service at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, Missouri, on Monday, May 28, 2018, presented by the Inter-Veterans Memorial Memorial Day Service Committee.
After the main ceremony, participants then proceeded to the Civil War cemetery area where a Union Civil War ceremony was conducted by the U.S. Grant Camp #68 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, with a musket and artillery salute, followed by a Confederate ceremony.
Bob Amsler, Camp Commander of the U. S. Grant Camp #68 of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, addresses the public regarding the 150th anniversary of the first Grand Army of the Republic-ordered Memorial Day during ceremonies at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, May 28, 2018.
Turner Bob Aubuchon carries the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War flag to the Civil War section ceremonies at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, May 28, 2018.
A Company G honor guard fires a salute in the Union section during ceremonies at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, May 28, 2018.
A Company M crew prepares to fire a salute from the Filley gun during ceremonies at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, May 28, 2018.
A Company M crew fires a salute from the Filley gun during ceremonies at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, May 28, 2018.
A Company M crew fires a salute from the Filley gun during ceremonies at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, May 28, 2018.
A Company G honor guard waits in the Confederate section during ceremonies at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, May 28, 2018.
Click here for photos of the ceremonies at Jefferson Barracks from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.