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Lecture on the Lawn: "The Revolutionary Home of a Most Noble Patriot: Patrick Henry at Scotchtown"
"Lectures on the Lawn": The Rural Plains Foundation begins its annual free lecture series on Thursday, June 5 on the lawn of the Shelton House at Rural Plains (part of the Totopotomopy Creek Battlefield unit of Richmond National Battlefield Park).
"The Revolutionary Home of a ‘Most Noble Patriot’: Patrick Henry's Life at Scotchtown”
Patrick and Sarah Henry, their children, and their enslaved workers moved to the Hanover County property called “Scotchtown” in 1771. From there, Patrick rode to Richmond to deliver his “Liberty or Death” speech that we commemorated this year. Yet every public action he took had an impact on, and was shaped by, his private life at Scotchtown. Join Preservation Virginia's Elyse Werling to learn about the historic property as it stands today, and how those formative years at Scotchtown greatly impacted all of their lives.
The lecture begins at 6:30 on the lawn in front of the Shelton House at Rural Plains, 7273 Studley Road. Picnic suppers are welcome. (Rain location: Enon United Methodist Church, 6156 Studley Road.)
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