{"id":6536,"date":"2024-11-29T18:51:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T23:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?p=6536"},"modified":"2024-12-27T07:38:30","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T12:38:30","slug":"next-in-the-lhs-lecture-series-december-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/next-in-the-lhs-lecture-series-december-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Next in the LHS Lecture Series: December 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Give me liberty or give me death!<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A special program\u00a0presented by Stephen P. Wilson,<\/strong> Executive Director of the St. John\u2019s Church Foundation, Richmond<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, <\/strong>De<\/strong>c<\/strong>ember <\/strong>15<\/strong>, <\/strong>at 2:00 p.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

St. James United Church of Christ,<\/strong>
<\/strong>10 East Broad Way, Lovettsville<\/strong> VA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Stephen P. Wilson, Executive Director of the St. John\u2019s Church Foundation in Richmond, Virginia, will present a special program on Patrick Henry\u2019s immortal \u201cGive me liberty or give me death!” speech, which took place on March 23, 1775, at St. John\u2019s Church.\u00a0

Henry’s speech was delivered during the Second Virginia Convention, just 27 days before the first shots were fired at Lexington and Concord, commencing the Revolutionary War.\u00a0

Wilson\u2019s talk will focus on the historic events that led to Patrick Henry’s\u00a0speech, and\u00a0will include a dramatic performance of the nine-minute speech. He will also report on plans to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the speech next March. And he will discuss the 120 delegates who attended the Second Virginia Convention at St. John’s Church, including the two delegates who represented Loudoun County.

The mission of the St. John\u2019s Church Foundation is\u00a0stated\u00a0as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our mission is to spark a global appreciation for understanding the role that Patrick Henry\u2019s \u201cLiberty or Death\u201d speech had in setting America on its path to liberty for all, and to ignite the public\u2019s commitment for preserving the historic site where it happened.<\/em>

The program will not be live-streamed, but a video recording of the event will be posted on the Lovettsville Historical Society website.
 
Admission is free, but donations are welcome to defray expenses of the program and to support the activities of the Lovettsville Historical Society.

For more information, visit https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/<\/a>, or call 540-822-9194.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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