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Here on 23 March 1776 Patrick Henry delivered his “Liberty or Death” speech, calling for American independence, during the second Virginia revolutionary conventions that included as members George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Peyton Randolph, and Richard Henry Lee. Saint John’s Church was built in 1741 by Richard Randolph on land donated by Richmond’s founder, William Byrd II. It continues to serve Henrico Parish (founded 1611). Buried in its churchyard are George Wythe and Elizabeth Arnold Poe, mother of Edgar Allan Poe.
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CHURCH
HISTORIC PEOPLE
George Washington
Commander-in-Chief
Thomas Jefferson
Governor VA
Patrick Henry
Governor VA
Peyton Randolph
President
George Mason
Delegate
Edmund Pendleton
Delegate
George Wythe
Delegate