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Liberty's son of thunder: Patrick Henry's words were his most potent weapons. Americans sacrificing for their country today still echo his thunderous cry, "Give me liberty or give me death!".(History--Greatness Of The Founders)
Patrick Henry arrived in Richmond in March 1775 as one of the few patriots aware of the dire need for his state to prepare for the coming War for Independence. Several days later, on March 20, Virginia's second revolutionary assembly convened at St. John's Church in Richmond. The general mood of the assembly at the time could at best be termed "wait and see." In fact, Edmund Pendleton offered a conciliatory measure pleading with King George III to intervene on the colony's behalf.
Henry introduced an amendment to Pendleton's resolution on March 23 "that this colony be immediately put in a posture of defense; and ... [there] be a committee to prepare a plan for ...
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