Robert Rosen in Charleston, Part 2

Robert Rosen gave a tour of the historic sites of the Civil War in Charleston, South Carolina. He talked about the 1860 Democratic Convention, set the stage for the Civil War. He spoke outside Institute Hall, on Meeting Street. It is a replica of the building where the convention took place.

Robert Rosen is the author of A Short History of Charleston and Confederate Charleston.

C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2011 LCV Cities Tour” in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 27-July 1 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Comcast local cable affiliate, they visited literary and historic sites where local historians, authors, and civic leaders were interviewed. The history segments air on American History TV (AHTV) on C-SPAN3 and the literary events/non-fiction author segments air on BookTV on C-SPAN2. close