Presidents Day at Freeman Elementary

Second-graders portray presidents at Freeman Elementary School.

Hallie Peery, a second-grader stands and gives a speech as President Ronald Reagan Wednesday at Freeman Elementary School.

Jarom Cobb, portraying President Andrew Jackson, sits still and waits for a visitor to press a pretend button at Freeman Elementary.

Marlene McCoy, right, listens to the presentation of Robert McNeilly, left, who was portraying Franklin Delano Roosevelt Wednesday at Freeman Elementary School. After McNeilly’s presentation, McCoy said “I remember because I was alive when you were.”

Second-grader Aleah Paine (cq) gives a speech as if she were President Richard Nixon Wednesday at Freeman Elementary School.

Darby Barratt waits for a visitor to request her talk about President George Washington at Freeman Elementary School. The second-graders at Freeman put on a presidential “wax museum” where students would dress like a chosen president, then sit still until someone taps a pretend “button” and then each would stand and give a brief history as their character.