kendra hinkle: wow.uess when i was about 12, my mother told me she knew what i needed to do with my life. and she said, "you love history, you love to tell stories, you need to work for the national park service," so she said "we've got one here in town." and we went to see it and i fell in love. and when i was in high school in the anchor club, someone came and said, "who would like to dress in victorian clothes and help with the christmas candlelight tour at the johnson homestead this weekend?" so, "pick me please, pick me!" so, and that just really impacted me. i've always loved civil war history and majored in english and history in college. susan swain: and you have at times interpreted the daughter one of the daughters? kendra hinkle: i have done martha on occasion. i have represented mary. and one of my first theatrical roles was portraying eliza, and -- and my big line was, "there goes my boat, girls. like it." susan swain: you were a history in the -- you're interested in the history of the firs