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History of St. John's Church
URL: http://www.historicstjohnschurch.org/history.html

Description:
The highlight of this brief history of St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, is the description of American patriot Patrick Henry's "Give me liberty or give me death" speech, which was delivered there at the Second Virginia Convention in March 1775. Includes images of the church.

Publisher:
St. John's Church

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Henry, Patrick, 1736-1799
Historic sites -- Virginia
St. John’s Church (Richmond, Va.) -- History
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

LII Database Information:
Record 20239 created by Maria Brandt on 01/02/2006
Last modification on 03/28/2007
Published: 01/05/2006  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/20239