January 16, 2017
Only minutes into the hour-long assembly at McNair Elementary School in Herndon, and “Patrick Henry” (brought to life by Richard Shumann) and “Thomas Jefferson” (realistically portrayed by Bill Barker) had all of the fourth and sixth graders seriously engaged. The pair of Colonial visitors have been re-enacting their characters for so many years, especially through the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Stories this photo appears in:
A Close Encounter With History in Herndon
Students experience the birth of the nation.
It’s a good thing that Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry were hardy souls, given the myriad of activities and actions and travelling and time that they both gave to the formation of “these new United States of America,” as our illustrious third President described the union the original thirteen colonies formed in 1776.
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