Stories & Essays: At War with Ourselves

Ralph Aitkin, a living-historian playing the part of an undertaker, waits for a nearby surgery demonstration to end outside the White Oak Civil War Museum in Stafford. Besides portraying soldiers, many re-enactors impersonate civilians to show the public other aspects of daily life.
Ralph Aitkin, a living-historian playing the part of an undertaker, waits for a nearby surgery demonstration to end outside the White Oak Civil War Museum in Stafford. Besides portraying soldiers, many re-enactors impersonate civilians to show the public other aspects of daily life.