Second Virginia Convention



Locations
Participants

Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1775/03/20 Second Virginia Convention St John's Episcopal Church, Richmond
1775/03/23 Patrick Henry presents a proposal to the Convention's president, Peyton Randolph, to organize a volunteer company of cavalry or infantry in every Virginia county. Henry closes with the words: Give me liberty, or give me death! St John's Episcopal Church, Richmond
1775/03/25 Wilton host George Washington shortly after Patrick Henry delivered his famous, "Give me Liberty, or Give me Death!" speech during the Second Virginia Convention. Wilton House Museum, Richmond
1775/08/09 Thomas Jefferson attends the Second Virginia Convention, a common form of interim state government in the early years of the Revolution. St John's Episcopal Church, Richmond

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