Tag Archives: St. John’s Church
“The Sword is Now Drawn…” The Powder Incident, Lexington and Concord moves Virginia to Revolution
One of the most amazing parts of the events on April 19, 1775 is just how sophisticated the colonial information network was. As soon as Lt. Col. Francis Smith’s British Regulars began to move across the Charles River, riders fanned … Continue reading
Posted in Arms & Armaments, Battlefields & Historic Places, Battles, British Leadership, Civilian, Militia (Patriot) Leadership, Personalities, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized, Weapons
Tagged George Washington, Lexington and Concord, Lord Dunmore, Patrick Henry, St. John's Church, Virginia, Virginia Gazette, Virginia militia, Williamsburg
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The 245th Anniversary of "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
On this date, in 1775, Virginian Patrick Henry, a delegate to the Second Virginia Convention from Hanover County, Virginia sat in on the ongoing debate at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. The 28-year old then stood to give … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Continental Leadership, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory, Personalities, Politics, Revolutionary War
Tagged 1775, 1776, COVID-19, Emerging Revolutionary War, Give Me Liberty of Give Me Death, Lord Dun, Patrick Henry, Phillip S. Greenwalt, Richmond, Second Continental Congress, St. John's Church, Virginia, Williamsburg
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Do You Know George Wythe?
Down the street from the Governor’s Palace in Colonial Williamsburg sits a two-story brick structure. Living historians, in first-person, debate the road to the American Revolution. But, who was George Wythe?
