Patrick Henry
A forgotten American for many generations,
Patrick Henry was in truth our first national hero. His immortal words
"Give me liberty or give me
death!"
characterized the American spirit
for his time and for ours.
John Randolph said simply: "Patrick
Henry was the greatest orator who ever lived."
He was the most powerful political
figure in Colonial Virginia. He was elected first Governor of Virginia and
served five terms.
His oratory and leadership insured
inclusion of the Bill of Rights as part of the Constitution of the United
States.
In failing health, he declined
appointments as Washington's Secretary of State and Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court.
It was not until 1986 that the
people of the United States honored him with the establishment of a national
memorial at his last home and burial place: Red Hill, in Charlotte County
near Brookneal, Virginia.
Patrick Henry, Virginia Patriot
VHS 50 min.
The original PBS broadcast
As a youth, Patrick was able
to recite the Sunday sermons
to his mother as they rode back
on the way home from church.
After only a few months study
he passed the Virginia bar,
and,
as a young lawyer, won a stunning
victory for the people vs King
George
in the famous Hanover Courthouse
trial. A popular hero overnight,
he was repeatedly elected to
the
House of Burgesses where his
powerful oratory inspired and
helped define the character
of
the struggle for Colonial independence.
In 1776, he was elected Governor
of the Commonwealth
of Virginia.
His leadership throughout the
Revolutionary war was instrumental
in the ultimate acheivement
of
self-government by the
Colonies.
His arguments in the
Virginia
debate over Ratification were
crucial to the inclusion of
a
Bill of Rights as part of the
new
Constitution of the United States.
His long and colorful
career
as a lawyer for the people,
devoted family man, and visionary
Founding Father makes his one
of the great untold stories
in
American Colonial History.
Also available as:
Patrick Henry's Fight
for Individual Rights
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