Scenes reminiscent of the history of Virginia.
The pictures on this page bring back vividly the history of
Virginia.
First is the ruins of the church at
Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement within the limits of the
United States.
The church was built about a century before the
Declaration of Independence, while the little village on the
James was still the capital of
Virginia.
Below it appears St. John's Church,
Richmond, the scene of
Patrick Henry's immortal oration.
The First Continental Congress had met in
Philadelphia in September, 1774, and the colonies were drifting toward war. But many were very timid about taking such a step.
Some were directly opposed to any break with
Great Britain.
Patrick Henry was far in advance of his fellow-colonists, when the Second Revolutionary Convention of
Virginia met in this church on March 20, 1775.
The event of the week was a set of resolutions offered on March 23d ‘for embodying, arming, and disciplining such a number of men as may be sufficient’ to put the colony in a posture of defense.
This was
Henry's opportunity.
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‘A past whose memory makes is thrill’—the Jamestown church |
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