William

Will in his reenactment attire

Name: William

Occupation: Artist

Location: Philadelphia

Decade Born: 1990s

“Make it work.”

Tell me your favorite memory.

I was awarded “Chief Bugler” at reenactment which means you go out at the end of the battle and play taps and the dead rise. I think because I was the only bugler who was at this reenactment, but it was still cool. You get to ride on horseback and have the whole aftermath of the battle around you and it’s just you playing taps.

So the dead rise… what is the significance of that?

It’s in memory of those who died in the war and taps is the bugle call that came out of the war now used for funerals and military