Y/M/D | Description | Place |
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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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