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The Voice, the Pen & the Sword
Patrick Henry (the Voice), Thomas Jefferson (the Pen), and George Washington (the Sword) played leading roles in the American Revolution.
Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech, delivered in Richmond in 1775, galvanized many Virginians to support the Revolution. Thomas Jefferson's authorship of the Declaration of Independence outlined the case for American self-rule and justifications for revolution. George Washington's inspiring leadership and surprising defeat of a superior British army of the battlefields secured American independence. |