Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . ST. JOHNS CHURCH, RICHMOND near the northern wall, between the first row of seatsand the chancel, stood Patrick Henry that eventful20th day of March, 1775. Concluding his stirring appeal to arms, he said:? Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace—but there is nopeace. The war is actually begun! The next galethat sweeps from the north will bring to our ears theclash of resounding arms! Our brethren are alreadyin the field! Why stand we here idle. What is itthai gentlemen wish. What would they have?
Laird & Lee's guide to historic Virginia and the Jamestown centennial ..Full statistics and itinerary .. . ST. JOHNS CHURCH, RICHMOND near the northern wall, between the first row of seatsand the chancel, stood Patrick Henry that eventful20th day of March, 1775. Concluding his stirring appeal to arms, he said:? Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace—but there is nopeace. The war is actually begun! The next galethat sweeps from the north will bring to our ears theclash of resounding arms! Our brethren are alreadyin the field! Why stand we here idle. What is itthai gentlemen wish. What would they have? Islife so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at — 101 — the price of chains and slavery. Forbid it, AlmightyGod! I know not what course others may take, but asfor me, he cried, Give me liberty or give medeath! No murmur of applause was heard, says Wirt,his biographer. The effect was too deep. After atrance of a moment, several members started fromtheir seats. The cry to arms, seemed to quiver on. INTERIOR, ST. JOHNS CHURCH, RICHMOND. every lip, and gleam from every eye. That super-natural voice still sounded in their cars, and shiveredalong their arteries. And here the visitor still feelsthe sacred presence of that time-honored patriot. During the Revolutionary period, regular serviceswere not held in the church, and in 1818 dissensionin the parish was caused by the proposal to eitherremove the church, add to it, or build a new one. Anew church was finally decided upon and the corner 102 — stone laid by the Masonic Lodge, but the work waseventually abandoned. In 1830 an addition was madeto the old church and the interior remodeled. The Capitol of the Confederacy.—Located on CapitolSquare. This venerable structure has been entirely remodeled and massivewings have been addedto it on both stone steps leadup to its portals, pre-senting one of the finestState Houses in thecountry. Many interesting relicsare preserved here,among them the Speak-ers Ch
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