Delivered 250 years ago, the famous oration marked the height of Henry's influence. But the politician also served in key ...

Here’s what we know: On March 23, 1775 — probably in the afternoon — a self-taught lawyer named Patrick Henry arose in a little white church in Richmond and unleashed a scorching, wig-blasting, Flying ...

It all began in Virginia. On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry uttered a line that would come to embody the spirit of defiance against oppression. On Sunday, that pivotal moment was reenacted in ...

It was Patrick Henry’s spirited “Give Me Liberty or Give me Death” oration. Let’s ponder the story and try to grasp why it still matters. The scene was St. John’s Church in Richmond ...

The phrase was reportedly first used 250 years ago Sunday by lawyer and legislator Patrick Henry to persuade Virginia colonists to prepare for war against an increasingly punitive Great Britain ...