We Made History-historical re-enactors,serious portrayers

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About Robert Hodder, Theodore Roosevelt, by Brenda Stultz, Volunteer Curator of the Clyde ( OH ) and the McPherson House.

“ I know you greeted more than 125 on Saturday and your friendly handshakes, your contagious smile, and your professional expertise helped make our event a super success.”

About the We Made History Living Historians troupe:

On behalf of the Yours Truly team, I want to thank each of you for all the effort that went into Monday night [“Dinner with the Presidents” 2009]. Everything that each of you do is very professional and it is a partnership that we are very proud of.

Thank you again for a job VERY well done!

Jeff Shibley
[Vice President & Owner]
Yours Truly Restaurants

Overheard at the 2009 “Dinner with the Presidents” at Yours Truly Restaurant:

“They [Presidents Garfield & Roosevelt and First Ladies Garfield & Eleanor Roosevelt] are so knowledgeable and look and act so authentic!”

About Debbie Weinkamer & Ed Haney (from their visit to 2 elementary schools in Georgia as President & Mrs. Garfield)

“Thank you so much for coming to our school. I enjoyed it very much. The acting was extremely realistic. It was like a blast to the past. I savored the story about the little boy and the reporter.” -- Fifth Grade Student, Tyrone Elementary School, Tyrone, GA

“Thank you for the magnificent speech. You must have worked very hard to get all the knowledge you know now about James A. Garfield. You really had me thinking you were really James Garfield.”

“Thank you for dressing up for us. You were so awesome… When I got home I told my parents and my little brother about you.”

Ed Haney about his role as President Garfield:

“The best compliment I ever get is when people tell me how much they’ve learned about Garfield from my presentation and that the program was much more than they expected.”

From the “Conversation with Eleanor & Lucretia” program at Morley Library, 3/7/09:

“You two seem reincarnated from the real First Ladies.”

About Ed Haney as President Garfield:

“You look just like him!” – from students when comparing a portrait of President Garfield with the “living version.”

About Debbie Weinkamer as Lucretia Garfield: James R. Garfield II, the great-grandson of President James Garfield, used to say,

“If I want to know anything about my ancestors, I ask Debbie.”

Debbie Weinkamer about Ed’s and her joint programs:

“We know we’ve convinced the audience that we are the Garfields when they ask, ‘Are you married in real life?’”

About Linda Laronge as Eleanor, after the Perry Library performance a patron declared,

“You became her [Eleanor]!”.

Ralph Borror about Linda Laronge’s first portrayal of Eleanor Roosevelt: “She did a more genuine performance than some folks who’ve been in the business a long time.”

About Bob Hodder as Theodore Roosevelt, Nancy Kneen, Proprietor of the Lawnfield Inn and Suites states,

“He brings with him the charisma, humor and passion of Theodore Roosevelt. The crowd loves him.”