MaAH – And Now for Something Completely Different
On March 23, 1775, at St. John’s Henrico Parish Church in Richmond, Patrick Henry spoke to the House of Burgesses. His speech changed the minds and hearts of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and became a beacon of freedom for all of America.
Happy Independence Day, everyone.
This re-enactment was recorded in February for a project still in the planning stages over at Podiobooks.com community website. I decided to release it here because… well, because I wanted to 
Thank you to Nathan Lowell for his introduction at the beginning of this audio file. Be sure to check out his Golden Age of the Solar Clipper novels over at Podiobooks.com.
The image you see in iTunes is a cropped image from Peter F. Rothermel’s “Patrick Henry Before the Virginia House of Burgesses,” from 1851. The photograph of this painting is released on Wikimedia Commons as a public domain work.
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Excellent reading.
I think this may be the first time I have heard the entire speech. I have no memory of it from school save a reference to the famous, “give me liberty or give me death” speech. Hearing those words in context and read with such passion has brought me so much insight as to the truth of the times.
Thank you for sharing this,
Paul Fischer
Once that introduction is over, this thing ROCKS!!
Thanks for sharing it with the world, PG.
I agree with Paul. I cannot recall reading the speech. We all know the snippet, “…give me liberty or give me death!” P.G.’s reading breaths life into the moment, and he delivers it with passion and clear understanding of the verse.
Well done, indeed.
C.
PG –
Had never heard this speech in its entirety. Patrick Henry knew what he was doing, sir, and through your terrific performance his words came alive once more. I have chills.
Wonderfully done.
Earl
Thanks Earl. It was simply the magic of audio editing. I’ve become rather proficient at editing multiple reads into a single take.