I am looking for the event, not just the location.
2006-12-17 05:40:42 · 4 answers · asked by Steve-o-58 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Henry is perhaps best known for the speech he made in the House of Burgesses on March 23, 1775, urging that legislature to take military action against the encroaching British military force. The House was deeply divided, but was very much leaning toward not committing troops. As Henry stood in Saint John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, he ended his speech with his most famous words:
Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
The crowd jumped up and shouted "To Arms! To Arms!". This speech is credited by some with single-handedly delivering the Virginia troops to the Revolutionary War. Problematically, the text of this speech did not appear in print until 1817, in the biography Life and Character of Patrick Henry by William Wirt. Although Wirt assembled his book from recollections by persons close to the events, some historians have since speculated that the speech, or at least the form with which we are familiar, was essentially written by Wirt decades after the fact.
2006-12-17 05:43:21 · answer #1 · answered by Joseph 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
During the speech attempting to gain support for the Declaration of Independence against England.
2006-12-17 13:51:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hi
a long time ago probaly in the late 70s
2006-12-17 13:45:47 · answer #3 · answered by mysterious 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yesterday at my Xmas party...he was drunk at the time on eggnog, and was falling all over the girls, trying to kiss them with his obnoxious mistletoe hat on. People say weird things when they are drunk!
2006-12-17 13:45:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋