Watch City Steampunk Festival 2017

In the mid-nineteenth century, a military fashion craze swept Europe and the United States.  Known as Zouaves, they were originally French-Algerian light infantry famous for their colorful Turkish uniforms, athletic precision drill, and ferocity with cold steel in battle.  The Salem Light Infantry, an elite militia company from Salem, Massachusetts, went Zouave in April, 1861.  This exhibition will feature a soldiers' encampment and demonstrations in uniform of the bayonet-fencing drill practiced by the Salem Zouaves.