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Patrick Henry's Call to Arms in Richmond Church
In March 1775 at St John’s Church in Richmond, Patrick Henry urged immediate defense and a plan to arm and train troops. He argued revolution could not be postponed, declaring “we must fight” and “give me liberty or give me death,” a speech later mythologized in American memory. The scene linked Henry to a growing push toward independence.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Old St. John’s Church
Richmond
Virginia
Lord Dunmore
Patrick Henry
Hanover County
Henry
St. George Tucker
Richard Bland
Nicholas
Harrison
Berkeley
Pendleton
House of Burgesses
Wiliamsburg
England
American
Bland
Randolph
Wythe
Tidewater
Calon
Caesar
Brutus
Charles
Cromwell
George
America
Great Britain
God of Hosts
Boston
Moses Colt Tyler
Houghton Mifflin Company