I live and work in Gettysburg, one of the most frequented and 'sacred' sites in the western hemisphere. When I leave work for the day I can still get comments from most people about my long side-whiskers (which look more like beard at the moment)-to which they either think 1) that I am of the local plain folk (Amish/Mennonite/Dunkard) or 2) I'm a re-enactor on my spare time. I am neither. I just like the elder look I think it gives me, but any tourist will automatically think its one of the two categories because of where they spy me. I would not be caught dead wearing a kepi, in either blue or gray here. I whole heartedly understand the opinion of the neighbor's son....I do not have anything to do with Civil War/American Victorian anything in my life outside of work because that's what we trade to the tourist here: the 'official' image, the way it is packaged/presented to the tourist, the certain exploitation applied to it, and most crucially and uncontrollably, the final interpretation/expression of the tourist him/her self which is infinitely variable. Manifested outwardly, the expressions evoke the ever-growing stereotypes. I should believe the same is probably similar in other localities, including our Scotland.