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Mark Greenough is a co-founder and director of Living History Associates, Ltd., established 1986 in Richmond. He has been a history interpreter at Richmond National Battlefield Park in 1980-1981 and a first-person living history interpreter at Appomattox Court House National Historical Park from 1982-1985. Mark also worked full-time on the library staff of the Virginia Historical Society in 1986-1987.

Since the early 1980s Mark has served as a guest curator and living history interpreter at Meadow Farm Museum in Henrico County. He has also been a part-time interpretive supervisor for the Maymont Foundation at the James H. Dooley Mansion in Richmond. Mark often presents living history programs at the Museum of the Confederacy, Jamestown Island and Yorktown.

Mark worked as the historical and technical advisor for the NBC television miniseries Gore Vidal's Lincoln in 1987 and served as an advisor for the Hallmark Hall of Fame production The Love Letter in 1997. He has also worked on various documentary films and historic site orientation videos.

Mark is a certified tour guide and a frequent lecturer for Elderhostel classes sponsored by The College of William and Mary and other institutions. His past and present memberships include the Virginia Association of Museums, Virginia Historical Society, the Greater Richmond Tourism Association, and the Association of Living Historical Farms and Agricultural Museums.

Mark has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History (1984) and additional graduate work in historical archeology, American material culture, and historiography at the College of William and Mary. He is a published author on military and social history topics and has appeared on television and radio programs to support the cultural value of history and its effective presentation to a wider audience.

 

 

 

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