Saint-John's Church, Richmond, Virginia, where Patrick Henry delivered his famous speech – Historic Print
![Saint-John's Church, Richmond, Virginia, where Patrick Henry delivered his famous speech, [between 1861 and 1865] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/29/293275236706-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic photograph of Saint-John's Church, Richmond, Virginia, where Patrick Henry delivered his famous speech brings a moment of history to your wall. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Saint-John's Church, Richmond, Virginia, where Patrick Henry delivered his famous speech
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Saint John's Church on Richmond's Church Hill is where Patrick Henry, in March 1775, urged Virginia's convention to prepare for armed resistance to Britain, ending with the words "Give me liberty, or give me death." Made sometime between 1861 and 1865, when Richmond had become the Confederate capital and the city was crowded with troops and officials, the albumen print shows the modest church at a moment of intense wartime activity. Photographers of the period often turned to old landmarks like this one, linking the city to an earlier struggle for independence.
| Created / published | [between 1861 and 1865] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print : albumen silver. |
| Subjects | Caption card tracings: BI--SPEECH; Churches--Va.; Va.--Richmond; Civil War--Churches; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,164 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-132463 |
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