New Deal Festival

FDR and Eleanor

Eleanor & Franklin Roosevelt

Eleanor Roosevelt will once again be portrayed by living history actor Patty Cooper. She has been portraying Eleanor Roosevelt for a number of years and gives performances around the region. Cooper also portrays several other West Virginia characters such as “Mad” Anne Bailey, an 18th century frontierswoman who became a border scout after the Battle of Point Pleasant in 1774 and Belle Boyd, a Confederate spy.

FDR will be portrayed by William Donegan, a living history reenactor from Charleston, WV.