Snee Farm Plantation and Charles Pinckney
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.
Ranger Carlin Timmons talked about the story of Charles Pinckney. A signer of the U.S. Constitution, governor of South Carolina, and a membe… read more
Ranger Carlin Timmons talked about the story of Charles Pinckney. A signer of the U.S. Constitution, governor of South Carolina, and a member of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, he is sometimes called “the forgotten founder.” Ms. Timmons talked about his contributions to the Constitutional Convention, and about Snee Farm and its restoration. Snee Farm was a working plantation used as a retreat by the Pinckney family.
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
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