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 29, 2019, presented by the Inter-Veterans Memorial Memorial Day Service Committee.
After the main ceremony, participants 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.
Company G Capt. Greg Zelinske inspects the muskets of his men before the procession to the main Memorial Day ceremonies at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, on May 27, 2019.
Members of Company G stand guard at the ceremonial casket during the main Memorial Day ceremonies at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, on May 27, 2019.
A Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War color guard leads the procession to the Union Memorial Day ceremony in the Civil War section of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, on May 27, 2019.
Members of Company G march in the procession to the Union Memorial Day ceremony in the Civil War section of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, on May 27, 2019.
Members of Company M salute the colors at the end of the procession to the Union Memorial Day ceremony in the Civil War section of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, on May 27, 2019.
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War U.S. Grant Camp Commander Robert Amsler, in the red tie, prepares to address the crowd during the Union Memorial Day ceremony in the Civil War section of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, on May 27, 2019.
Members of Company G load their muskets for a rifle salute during the Union Memorial Day ceremony in the Civil War section of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, on May 27, 2019. The artilleryman in the ranks at right was a visiting German reenactor from Frankfurt.
Members of Company G fire their muskets in a rifle salute during the Union Memorial Day ceremony in the Civil War section of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, on May 27, 2019.
Members of Company M load the Filley gun for an artillery salute during the Union Memorial Day ceremony in the Civil War section of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, on May 27, 2019.
Members of Company M fire the Filley gun with a Confederate gun in an artillery salute during the Union Memorial Day ceremony in the Civil War section of the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in south St. Louis County, MO, on May 27, 2019.