The first Turnfest was held in Coburg, Germany in 1860. The festival spread to America and can be seen with the National Turnfest hosted in Milwaukee in 1893. The 3000 participants in the photo are going through a series of synchronous exercises with their iron wands. If you want to know more about this kind of exercise, check out this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uvl5M4TCmY | Source: Wikimedia CommonsDownload Original File
