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On March 23, 1775, at the Second Virginia Convention that took place in St. John’s Church in Richmond, Patrick Henry gave a rousing speech to the Virginia delegation that is credited with convincing the convention to pass a resolution delivering Virginia troops for the Revolutionary War. Click here for a full transcript of the speech.

250 years later, St. John’s Church is putting together a series of reenactments in the very same spot where this pivotal moment in American history.