Cape Girardeau
MO
USA
Cape Girardeau, MO: Living history at Fort D.
The Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau, MO, hosted a living history event July 3-5, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily.
Chris Wessel supervises a family auguring holes in a log during the July 4 weekend living history at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau, MO. Photo by Patti House.
A visitor inquires into the nature of hatchet styles while other visitors investigate the auger during the July 4 weekend living history at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau, MO. Photo by Patti House.
Hope Eddleman explains the purpose of a housewife she is working on during the July 4 weekend living history at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau, MO. Photo by Patti House.
A finished housewife by Hope Eddleman is displayed during the July 4 weekend living history at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau, MO. Photo by Patti House.
Andrew Porter and Dalton Blankenship on the Ordnance rifle during the July 4 weekend living history at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau, MO. Photo by Brooke Holford, Courtesy of the Southeast Missourian newspaper.
Andrew Porter and Michael McKeever run the cannon drill with a visiting family during the July 4 weekend living history at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau, MO. Photo by
Bill Eddleman.
The fort’s Ordnance rifle is limbered up for movement during the July 4 weekend living history at the Fort D Historic Site in Cape Girardeau, MO. Photo by Scott House.