Delivered 250 years ago, the famous oration marked the height of Henry's influence. But the politician also served in key ...

Tucker, one of the most revered legal minds of the day, could easily have committed parts of the speech to memory, says Jon Kukla, a Richmond-based author whose 2017 book “Patrick Henry ...

Jolly reenacted Henry’s speech Sunday in the same church where ... resident John Wallmeyer portraying parriot and native-son Patrick Henry, marches during the annual 4th of July parade in ...

Gov. Glenn Youngkin and filmmaker Ken Burns were in attendance at Sunday's 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry's speech. As ...

That Sunday marked the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry’s speech to the Second Virginia Convention. Henry believed war with Britain was inevitable and punctuated his call for Virginia to ...

Over the next year or so, The Detroit News will mark the anniversaries of significant mile markers on The March to Liberty, starting today, with Patrick Henry's famous speech, Give me Liberty or ...

The printed version of Henry’s speech was about 1,200 words. And yet those seven words have lived on, often contorted to fit a political moment. “It’s a very malleable phrase,” said Patrick Henry ...

Jolly reenacted Henry’s speech Sunday in the same church where ... One was Ralph Henry, who was enslaved by Patrick Henry and evidently took the famous words “very much to heart,” Schama ...

FILE - Virginia Gov-elect, Terry McAuliffe, seated center, listens as historical interpreter, Michael Wells, center, re-enacts the speech of Patrick Henry in St. John's church on church Hill in ...

The printed version of Henry’s galvanizing speech in a crowded church was about ... “It’s a very malleable phrase,” said Patrick Henry Jolly, a descendant of Henry.