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A voice out of the revolutionary past

On this day in 1775 Patrick Henry appeared before the Second Virginia Convention meeting in St. John’s Church in Williamsburg and advocated creating a volunteer militia in every county in Virginia.

He ended with the resounding demand: "Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Less than a month later, the shot heard ’round the world rang out in Lexington.

These many years later, such words are seldom heard.

 

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