250th Anniversary of Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death!" Speech

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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's epic struggle for Independence. On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry rose to the pulpit of St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, to speak those immortal words that remain etched upon every American heart: “Give me Liberty, or give me death!”