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In March 1775, Patrick Henry addressed the Second Virginia Convention: “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!” Would you die for your country?
Special Series Revolutionary City
May 16, 2012
A Declaration of Independence
Would you die for your country?
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Related Information
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Bill White, Taylor Stoermer, and Bill Sullivan discuss the evolutionary unifying nature of the Declaration of Independence throughout our history.
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This dramatic reading of The Declaration of Independence is taken from a scene in Revolutionary City.
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Patrick Henry demands liberty or death in his rousing 1775 speech. Hear the immortal words voiced by interpreter Richard Schumann.
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Are these the words that Patrick Henry really said?
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