#patrick henry

[nocternalrandomness]

[hunderprest]

"Thomas Jefferson, later after a fallout with Henry, claimed that Patrick Henry could neither read nor write. This has been proven false."

My instant thought:

[dustzvacuumcleaner]

Too many old stuffs lol dk which to post everyday

tagging these names makes me sick

[abbadoabbadon]

“The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government.”

- Patrick Henry

[jamestownmuse]

Today in History May 30 1765

Not as famous as "Give me liberty or give me death", Patrick Henry still delivers one of the best speeches in response to The Stamp Act:

"Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First, his Cromwell; and George the Third may profit by their example."

The gathered delegates interrupted him with shouts of "Treason!"

Patrick Henry responded, "If this be treason, make the most of it."

Patrick Henry Delivering His Celebrated Speech by P. F. Rothermel

[culturevulturette]

Preach, brother!

[greater-than-the-sword]

“They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave….. Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”  

- Patrick Henry

[anachronous-cetacea]

Some furry doodle, based on @dustzvacuumcleaner 's character design！Yeah it's the dangaronpa AU （who could tell lol）

Just like the original Monokuma Theatre, dgrp!Amrev's Monoturkey（MONOTURKEY🦃）has his own Picture Book, and everyone inside are represented as some kind of animal（it's a metaphor）

I have all the stories and plots in my head but writing them out is such a tiring work and I'm too lazzzzyyyyy right now🤪 sorry……

Patrick Henry - Belgian hare

John Marshall - Eastern diamondback rattlesnake

Philip Freneau - Appaloosa

Thomas Paine - Sulphur-crested cockatoo

Robert R. Livingston - Common dolphin（"short-beaked"）

John Jay - Eurasian jay

Aaron Burr - Black-backed jackal

Alexander Hamilton - Indian peafowl

James Madison - Burrowing owl

Thomas Jefferson - Moose

（My English is so poor I can't even tell what am I writing😭）

[chaoticdesertdweller]

Roanoke, Virginia. Taken from Elmwood Park, this 1925 photograph captures the newly completed Hotel Patrick Henry located on the corner of Jefferson Street and Bullitt Avenue. The hotel held its formal opening on 10 November, and according to Raymond Barnes in "A History of the City of Roanoke," it was John Payne, actor and former Roanoke resident, that suggested the name "Patrick Henry" for the hotel. It's still standing 100 years later but is no longer a hotel. It is currently apartments, office spaces, and a restaurant. (Photo courtesy of the History Museum of Western Virginia)

[rosemeriwether]

New unnecessary art idea.

Ok hear me out; founding fathers/lads orchestra. In order to do this, I need to know who played what…

Well Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry both played violins so they’re sitting next to each other during practice.

[dzgrizzle]

When I was a kid, the US Constitution was up on the wall of the central hallway of my elementary school. So was the Bill of Rights, and so was this quote from Patrick Henry, which I can still quote decades later because of that poster:

“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!”

[little-desi-historian]

Patrick Henry’s - Give me liberty or give me death! Full speech (Colonial Williamsburg living history)

[shenefelts]

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death by Patrick Henry But In The Third Person POV (To The People) Page Preview

Find (me) & Replace (him)

I just don’t want involved, no not this time.

[dustzvacuumcleaner]

@stardust-0517 ’s design i did a long time ago

[i-like-old-things]

"The First Congress"

"The First Congress" by J. Rogers, 1787.

I found this image from a database my school library has with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. I found this particularly interesting because of the collection of figures it incorporates. They (top to bottom, left to right): Patrick Henry, Charles Thomson, Peyton Randolph, Jacob Duché, and Richard Henry Lee. The author included the President of the First Continental Congress (Randolph), the Secretary (Thomson), the Chaplain (Duché), and two major figures of that body (Henry and Lee) but I want to understand why he believed that these 5 individuals were the ones worthy of representing the entire First Continental Congress. I am also interested in how this piece would change had it been created at a different time -- who would be the major players then?

[libraryofva]

Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

"Roundabout" Home of Patrick Henry, Louisa Co. VA.