General Oliver Otis Howard
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2012 LCV Cities Tour” in Augusta, Maine, on September 10-13 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local 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.
Richard Lindemann spoke about the life and career of Oliver Otis Howard as well as his collection of letters, pictures and writings housed a… read more
Richard Lindemann spoke about the life and career of Oliver Otis Howard as well as his collection of letters, pictures and writings housed at Bowdoin College. Oliver Otis Howard graduated from Bowdin College in 1850, was a career U.S. Army officer, Union general in the American Civil War, and founder of Howard University.
C-SPAN’s Local Content Vehicles (LCVs) made a stop in their “2012 LCV Cities Tour” in Augusta, Maine, on September 10-13 to feature the history and literary life of the community. Working with the Time Warner Cable local 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
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