St. Louis, MO: Folklife Festival living history at Kirkwood Park
The City of Kirkwood sponsored the Folklife Festival, a part of the annual Greentree Festival, September 14-15, 2024, at Kirkwood Park in Kirkwood, Missouri. Turners conducted artillery and infantry demonstrations.
Members of Company G fire during a musket demonstration in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 14-15, 2024.
Members of Company G, along with 18th century British infantry and French Marines, fire during a musket demonstration in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 14-15, 2024.
Company M Sgt. Rob Glenn recounts the history of the Filley gun to spectators in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 14-15, 2024.
Company G Pvt. Greg Zelinske talks to a spectator family about a Civil War soldier’s kit in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 14-15, 2024.
A Turner crew prepares to fire Company M’s Filley gun during a demonstration in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 14-15, 2024.
A Turner crew fires Company M’s Filley gun during a demonstration in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 14-15, 2024.
Turner Randy Baehr describes the work of the Western Sanitary Commission in the Folklife Festival area of the Greentree Festival in Kirkwood, MO, September 14-15, 2024.