St. John's Church

St. John’s Episcopal Church is the oldest church in Richmond, built in 1741 and giving its name to the Church Hill district. St. John’s was formed from several earlier churches. It was the site of two important conventions in the period leading to the American Revolutionary War, and is most famous as the location where Patrick Henry gave his closing speech at the Second Virginia Convention with the famous quotation “Give me liberty or give me death.”

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church, chapel, parish, st. john's episcopal church richmond virginia, american revolution place, house place of worship

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1607-1762 Colonial America, Christian Churches, Places in Virginia

Source

Benson John Lossing, ed. Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (vol. 10) (New York, NY: Harper and Brothers, 1912)

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