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“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

— George Washington


Patrick Henry’s Untold Story: Chains, Madness, and Heartbreak

On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry stood before the Virginia Convention in Richmond’s St. John’s Church and dropped what may be the most dramatic mic in American history. With the kind of oratorical firepower that would make even a Shakespearean actor nod approvingly, he boomed: “Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to…

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