Give Me Liberty
Chapter 1 of 1 Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death
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- Running time
- 10 min
- Language
- English
- Read by
- Mark F. Smith
Chapters
About this recording
This speech was given March 23, 1775, at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, and is credited with having singlehandedly convinced the Virginia House of Burgesses to pass a resolution delivering the Virginia troops to the Revolutionary War. In attendance were Thomas Jefferson and George Washington. Reportedly, the crowd, upon hearing the speech, jumped up and shouted, "To Arms! To Arms!"
(Summary from Wikipedia)