Cassandra Good - Author, First Family: George Washington’s Heirs and the Making of America A 19th-century lithograph of Patrick Henry's "give me liberty or give me death" speech Library of Congress ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Sunday, March 23 marked the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech at St. John’s Church. Hundreds of Virginians gathered at the site ...

America celebrates its 250th anniversary as a nation on July 4, 2026, the date the Declaration of Independence was signed. Leading up to that monumental moment, a number of key events occurred that ...

Our Nation proudly commemorates the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry’s address to the Second Virginia Convention — a seminal moment in our great American story and a fateful turning point in America ...

Revolutionary firebrand Patrick Henry bellowed, "Give me liberty or give me death!" while proposing to fellow Virginia leaders that the colony raise troops to battle the British on this day in history ...

The phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!” has been expressed by protesters from the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising in China to those who opposed COVID-19 restrictions in the U.S. in 2020. Malcolm ...

Editor’s Note: This article is part of “The Unfinished Revolution,” a project exploring 250 years of the American experiment. Patrick Henry is generally treated as a second-string Founding Father. He ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Dave Maier (portraying Patrick Henry) reenacts Henry's famous “Give me liberty or give me death" speech from the Second Virginia Convention of 1775.

Promotions for a “once-in-a-lifetime” experience — a re-enactment of one of Patrick Henry’s most famous speeches — were not enough to lure many folks into purchasing $50 tickets to the event, forcing ...

The phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!” has survived the centuries like a line in a Shakespeare play. It’s been expressed by protesters from the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising in China to those ...