David McCullough
— Self - Writer / Narrator
Cokie Roberts
— Self - Journalist
Alistair Cooke
— Self - Journalist
Arthur Miller
— Self
Charles McDowell
— Self - Newspaperman
Barbara Fields
— Self - Historian
John C. Stennis
— Self - Former Senator
David Broder
— Self - Reporter
George Tames
— Self - Photographer
James MacGregor Burns
— Self - Historian
Jerome Dempsey
— (voice)
Shelby Foote
— (voice)
Ronnie Gilbert
— (voice)
Julie Harris
— (voice)
Derek Jacobi
— (voice)
Garrison Keillor
— (voice)
Walt MacPherson
— (voice)