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William Gruendler Review of Historic St. John's Church
We wanted to visit the church where Patrick Henry ...
We wanted to visit the church where Patrick Henry made his famous "Liberty or Death!" speech in 1775. It so happened that we were able to attend 10:30 AM Sunday worship (called "Holy Eucharist") and get a brief tour afterwards from a kind and informative Warden of the old buildings and grounds named Horace. It was an old-fashioned liturgical service probably not much changed from the 18th century, except that women were in charge of the whole thing - a bit disconcerting to this old Bible thumper. But anyone who considers himself a patriot should visit and give a shout in the old, "East-West" wing:
"Give me Liberty or give me DEATH!"
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