What to see in America . ronzes in the world. At the corner of Broadand 24th streets is oldSt. Johns Church, themeeting place of theVirginia Convention of1775. The pew is pointedout in which PatrickHenry made his immor-tal Give me liberty ordeath speech. The fa-mous orator was born in1736 at Studley, 20 milesnortheast of Richmond. On Broad Street is the Monu-mental Church erected on the site of a theater destroyed byfire one December evening in 1811. The governor of thestate and seventy-one other persons perished in the St. Pauls Church, on the west side of Capitol Square,Jefferson D
What to see in America . ronzes in the world. At the corner of Broadand 24th streets is oldSt. Johns Church, themeeting place of theVirginia Convention of1775. The pew is pointedout in which PatrickHenry made his immor-tal Give me liberty ordeath speech. The fa-mous orator was born in1736 at Studley, 20 milesnortheast of Richmond. On Broad Street is the Monu-mental Church erected on the site of a theater destroyed byfire one December evening in 1811. The governor of thestate and seventy-one other persons perished in the St. Pauls Church, on the west side of Capitol Square,Jefferson Davis was seated when a dispatch from Gen. Leewas delivered to him announcing that Richmond must beevacuated. At the corner of 12th and Clay streets is theWhite House of the Confederacy occupied for threeyears by Mr. Davis, and now a museum of Confederaterelics. The plain brick building occupied by Gen. Lee isalso preserved. A favorite drive is to Hollywood Cemetery,which nature and art have united to beautify. Here sleep. Arlington House, the Home of 152 What to See in America many of Virginias famous sons, including Monroe andTyler, Presidents of the United States, and Jefferson Davis,president of the Confederacy. A pyramidal monument ofgranite overgrown with vines commemorates 16,000 Con-federate soldiers buried there. Battles were fought in allthe region round, and the fortified lines that protected thecity are visible in various places. Among the more importantbattles were Seven Pines, Cold Harbor, and Malvern Park, a popular resort just below Richmond onthe James River, is the site of Powhatans dwelling wherePocahontas, then twelve years old, saved the life of Captain,j . John Smith. Farther down the river, fourteen and one half miles fromRichmond, is Varina, thehome of Pocahontas andher husband, John , thirty milessouth of Richmond, wasthe center of the finaloperations of the CivilWar, and thirteen pitchedbattles were fought in theneig
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