Arnett & Associates is Proud to Offer the Best in Living History Experiences

For years, Arnett & Associates founder and president Patsy Arnett and Living History Associates, Ltd. founder and director Dick Cheatham have discussed and contemplated working together to provide first class educational entertainment to meeting and event clients around the world. In February of 2007, a fruitful and synergistic relationship blossomed into a full-blown mutually beneficial relationship in which Arnett & Associates became the exclusive marketing agency for all new Living History Associates business.

As public interest in history and tradition continue to grow, our historic interpreters have been busier than ever before. Having joined forces, Arnett & Associates and Living History Associates, Ltd. now offer clients unprecedented access to a huge array of historic interpreters, speakers and performers. We strive to collaborate with our clients to provide exactly the right mix of history, humor and educational value for any budget. Whether it is an educational setting, a meeting, or a convention, the partnership of Arnett & Associates with Living History Associates, Ltd. will delight with customized programs for all types of audiences.

 

What is the difference between an historic interpreter and an historic re-enactor?

The vast majority of our Living History Interpreters are historic scholars– men and women whose personal scholarship on specific historical figures plays heavily into their portrayals. These typically are not generic characters from a certain time period, and it is not accurate or useful to lump re-enactors and professional living history character portrayals together or to use the terms interchangeably. They are not the same thing. However, there are similarities between re-enactors and professional living history speakers, such as dressing in period clothing and illustrating history to modern audiences. Professional living history interpreters are experts on specific people from history. Historical re-enactors are generally hobbyists, some with extensive knowledge and ability, while professional living history character portrayers are historical scholars who can speak at length on the figure they are portraying, also providing essential and accurate context with their presentations. Their knowledge is vast, as they have spent years learning the intricacies of their characters and the historical context within which they lived. For school groups, our historical interpreters can incorporate SOLs into their living history presentations, making learning history fun and memorable.

         Living History Portrayals

Johnny Appleseed Capt. Gabriel Archer James P. Beckwourth Hugh Grigsby Blaire Corree Ten Boom Edwin Booth William Bradford Omar N. Bradley Sir Edward Bromley Sir Francis Bryan William Bryan Marye Thorowgood Bucke John Bunyan Lewis Carroll Pvt. Joseph Carter Peter Cartwright Dr. George Washington Carver Aquilla Chase Samuel Chase William Sebert Chase Thomas Cheatham Dick Cheney William Claiborne, Esq. William Clark John Clarke Samuel Clemens 'Buffalo Bill' Cody Lord Cornwallis Oliver Cromwell Pierre Cruzatt D'Artagnan (3 Musketeers) Sir Thomas Dale LTG Benjimin O. Davis President Jefferson Davis Robert Davies Charles Dickens John Dods David DuChasse Alexander Dumas Thaddeus Dunkley Louis LeBeque DuPortail Wyatt Earp Thomas Edison Toby Felgate W.C. Fields Lt. George Finley John Finch Henry D. Flipper George Fox St. Francis of Assisi Ben Franklin Theophile Gautier Charles Goodnight Captain Bartholomew Gosnold Nicholas Green Lord Halifax Captain Ralph Hamor of London Oliver Hardy

Dinyus Harvie Captain Thomas Harris William Henry Harrison Patrick Henry Henry II of England Alfred Hitchcock John Howard (Plymouth Settler) Reverend Hunt King James I/VI Thomas Jefferson Anthony Johnson Stonewall Jackson Capt. John Paul Jones Dr. Percy Julian William Kemp Ann Burras Layden General Robert E. Lee Richard Henry Lee C.S. Lewis Capt. Meriwether Lewis Douglas MacArthur James Madison Chief Justice John Marshall William Marshall George Mason Capt. Joseph Richard Manson Lorenzo de Medici George Brinton McClellan Robert Mills James Monroe Sir Thomas Moore Elizabeth Morecock Matthew Morton John Murray (Earl of Dunmore) Beau Nash William Nelson Captain Christopher Newport Robert Carter Nicholas St. Nicholas (Santa Claus) St. Patrick George S. Patton George T. Peers John 'Black Jack' Pershing Pvt. Robert Bolling Pickett John Pierce Mistress Joan Pierce Pocahontas Alyce Proctor Alexandre Puskin Sir Walter Raleigh Captain John Ratcliff Mary Read Rosie the Riveter Robert Rogers John Rolfe Franklin D. Roosevelt President Theodore Roosevelt Silas (Indentured Servant)

William Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw Captain E.J. Smith Jedediah Strong Smith Captain John Smith Sir Henry Stanley Edward Steichen Rachel Stanton John Stone Alexander Sutherland Colonel Thomas Swann John Tazwell, Esq. Lady Temperance Edward John Trelawney Mark Twain President John Tyler William Wallace Samuel Warwick Booker T. Washington George Washington Martha Washington Dr. Watson John Wesley Andrew White, S.J. Woodrow Wilson Edward Maria Wingfield Private Harrison Woodson Sir Evelyn Wrench Frank Lloyd Wright York (Willliam Clark's slave) Colonel Charles Young Other Native Virginia Indians       Ceremonial Dancers Native Virginia Indians       Ceremonial Drummers 1600's Misc. Commoners,       Proprietors and Musicians 1700's Misc. Doctors, Proprietors       and Musicians 17th and 18th Century       Anglican Religion 1800’s Misc. Doctors, Proprietors Late 18th and Early 19th C. VA       Politics and Richmond 19th Century Episcopal       Missionaries 17th-19th Century Cooking       demonstrations Civil War Re-enactors &       Civil War Re-enactments Golden Age Piracy Cavalrymen Fife and Drums Minstrels and Period Musicians Bagpipers