Show patrick henrys old home to become national shrine for a long time the home where patrick henry lived and is buried was forgotten now it has become an american shrine the henry home red hill in I 1 charlotte county virginia which was burned in 1919 Is to be re stored as it was in patrick henry henrys s time and furnis furnished lied with the thee furniture kiture and decorations that patrick henry had this great patriot won his first atine f ime by demanding deman demand dinc ln for colonial virginians the rights of englishmen he won his greate t tame fame by de manding for all americans complete freedom forever from england although a slave holder patrick henry considered slave holding an economic curse as u well as a social evil he ile was a lawyer by probes slon sion and also a very successful politician by 1775 war was imminent on march 23 patrick henry offered ft a resolution to organize the virginia militia and put the colony in a state of defense in supporting it he made his most famous speech which closes with the declamation give me liberty or give me map death I 1 |