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What it takes to be Edith Roosevelt

Larry and Julia Marple pose with a Theodore Roosevelt statue outside of the Town Hall Theater in Medora, ND.
Christine McClellan
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Larry and Julia Marple pose with a Theodore Roosevelt statue outside of the Town Hall Theater in Medora, ND.

Julia Marple and her husband, Larry, travel from Ohio every summer to portray the Roosevelts in Medora. Ashley Thornberg caught up with Julia, in costume as Edith Roosevelt, backstage at the Town Hall Theater in Medora.

They discussed her costume in depth, the materials used and the research done in the pursuit of historical accuracy, as well as the habits of the Roosevelts and what kind of people they were.

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