"Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!"
On March 23, 1775, Patrick Henry rose at St. John's Church in Richmond to demand Virginia arm its militia — and gave the Revolution its war cry.
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Lee Surrenders to Grant at Appomattox
On April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant in a farmhouse parlor, effectively ending the Civil War.