The City of Charleston Tour Guide Exam with Study Questions and Answers

The City of Charleston Tour Guide Exam with Study Questions and Answers Who was Thomas Sully? ANSWER 1.) Painter, best known for his portraitures Who was Henry Timrod? ANSWER 1.) Poet Laureate of the Confeceracy Who was George A. Trenholm? ANSWER 1.) Confederate politician and owner of a blockade running company 2.) Appointed Confederate Secretary of the Treasury, 1864 3.) Popularly thought to be the model for the of Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind 4.) Buried at Magnolia Cemetary Who was Elizabeth O. Verner? ANSWER 1.) Artist 2.) Famous for perfecting the Vernicolor technique 3.) The S.C Arts Commission awards the Elizabeth O'Neill Verner Governor's Award in her honor Who was Denmark Vesey? ANSWER 1.) Freedman tried and executed for plotting what would have been the largest slave revolt in the United States 2.) Regarded by many 19th century antislavery activist as a hero Who was Julius W. Waring? ANSWER 1.) U.S district Court judge 2.) Part of three-judge panel that heard landmark Briggs v. Elliott school desegregation case