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Bill  Barker
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Bill Barker is known as the quintessential Thomas Jefferson. His resemblance to Jefferson is uncanny and his knowledge of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution is second to none. Portraying Thomas Jefferson, Barker lectures sans script on any subject relating to the founding father. Barker has portrayed Thomas Jefferson with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation since 1993 where he helps create Jefferson programs. An historical scholar and professional actor, Barker not only embodies Jefferson, he becomes him.




James  Beckwourth
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African American Soldier, Scout and Mountain Man as portrayed by James Armstead




Dennis  Bigelow - as James Monroe
Speaker Image Dennis Bigelow is James Monroe, 5th President of the U.S., whose heart, high resolve and honesty enabled the President to earn "the affection and confidence of a free people."


Mark  Collins
Speaker Image George Washington as portrayed by Mark Collins


Dennis  Farmer
Speaker Image Dannis Famer makes history as he steps into the past portraying Cavalrymen, civil war soldiers, and Captain John Smith. Dennis is a former Director of Henricus Historical Park, Chesterfield Historical Society of Virginia as well as Chief of Education for Pamplin Park and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier. Along with publishing numerous magazine articles, appearing in historic movies and documentaries, Dennis co-authored The King's Bread, Second Rising: Cooking at Niagara, 1726-1815.


James  Getty - as Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln as portrayed by Jim Getty.  Having worked with the Smithsonian Seminars, National Geographic Tours and the Library of Congress, to name a few, Jim Getty is, "America's foremost Lincoln portrayer."




McAvoy  Layne- as Mark Twain
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As the Ghost of Mark Twain, McAvoy Layne portrays one of America’s most famous writers in Samuel Langhorne Clemens – Mark Twain to most people. Layne is acknowledged as one of the best Mark Twain interpreters in the world. In typical Twain style, Layne says of his work, “It’s like being a Monday through Friday preacher, whose sermon, though not reverently pious, is fervently American.” With numerous appearances on television and the big screen, including the Discovery Channel’s award-winning documentary, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Layne is the real deal Mark Twain




David  Palmer
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General Robert E. Lee as portrayed by David Palmer




Dennis  Strawderman
Speaker Image Dennis Strawderman, Living History Interpreter. Dennis portrays Sir Walter Raleigh, Thomas Dale and Christopher Newport, three essential leaders to the discovery of the New World and success of the Virginia Colonies.


Dennis  Strawderman as Sir Walter Raleigh
Speaker Image Sir Walter Raliegh as portrayed by Dennis Strawderman

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