The Left Has No Respect for God, Country, or History–That Includes Patrick Henry
Henry’s words inside St. John’s 250 years ago were so influential that, “American soldiers of the Revolutionary War marched into battle carrying ‘Liberty or Death’ flags.”
(Daily Signal) – Three years ago I wrote about what a spine-tingling feeling it was to attend a recreation of Patrick Henry’s fiery “Give me liberty, or give me death” speech in the place where he actually gave it: St. John’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. St. John’s, built in 1741 on a high hill with a grand view of the James River, is still a functioning church today.
But on Sunday, March 23, St. John’s presented a special recreation of the Second Virginia Convention on the very day, 250 years ago, that Henry tried to convince Virginians to form an armed militia to defend their liberty and prepare for war against a tyrannical monarchy.
Why Richmond instead of Williamsburg, the colonial capital? So British troops could not get to the convention in time to arrest everyone attending.
Henry’s resolution was disapproved despite his eloquence and support from prominent Virginians like George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, but he was proven right. Less than a month later on April 19, the first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts, the “shot heard ‘round the world.” America was at war.
Those delegates, Henry, Jefferson, and Washington, have often been referred to as the voice, the pen, and the sword of …
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