St. Louis, MO: Folklife Festival living history at Kirkwood Park
The City of Kirkwood sponsors the Folklife Festival, a part of the annual Greentree Festival, which was held September 17-19, 2021, at Kirkwood Park in Kirkwood, Missouri. Turners conducted artillery and infantry demonstrations.

Ordnance Sgt. Mike Watson of Co. M demonstrates the manufacture of cartridges to spectator children in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

Duncan Noack, musician of Co. G, plays the fife for spectators in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

Turner civilian Pat Baehr talks with spectator children about the work of the Ladies’ Union Aid Society in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

Capt. Steve Allen and Sgt. Rob Glenn talk with spectators about Civil War artillery in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

Capt. Greg Zelinske of Co. G talks with spectators in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

Co. G heads off in a pickup truck to the parade assembly area during the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

Co. G marches in the Greentree parade behind British reenactors during the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

Capt. Steve Allen of Co. M observes as a Turner crew loads the Filley gun during a firing demonstration in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

A Turner crew fires a demonstration round from the Filley gun in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

Capt. Steve Allen and Sgt. Rob Glenn talk with spectators about the Filley gun in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

Co. G and British reenactors form up for a firing demonstration in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

Capt. Greg Zelinske explains musket drill to spectators in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

1Sgt Aaron Gamble demonstrates loading his musket in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.

Co. G and British reenactors conduct a musket firing demonstration in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 17-19, 2021.