250th Anniversary of Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death!" Speech

What Proclamation 2025-05150 says

Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 56 (Tuesday, March 25, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 56 (Tuesday, March 25, 2025)] [Presidential Documents] [Pages 13551-13552] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-05150] Presidential Documents Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 56 / Tuesday, March 25, 2025 / Presidential Documents ___________________________________________________________________ Title 3-- The President [[Page 13551]] Proclamation 10906 of March 20, 2025 250th Anniversary of Patrick Henry's ``Give Me Liberty, Or Give Me Death!'' Speech By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Our Nation proudly commemorates the 250th anniversary of Patrick Henry's address to the Second Virginia Convention--a seminal moment in our great American story and a fateful turning point in America's epic struggle for Independence. On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry rose to the pulpit of St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, to speak those immortal words that remain etched upon every American heart: ``Give me Liberty, or give me death!'' In the wake of escalating tensions between the Patriots and the Redcoats, Henry delivered this stirring address before more than 100 delegates, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and many of the statesmen who would go on to sign the Declaration of...

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