Today In History
On June 29, 1776, delegates to the fifth Revolutionary Convention in Virginia adopted the state's first independent constitution and selected Patrick Henry as their governor. He was sworn in on July 6, 1776.
Quote-Unquote
"Bad men cannot make good citizens. It is impossible that a nation of infidels or idolaters should be a nation of freemen. It is when a people forget God that tyrants forge their chains. A vitiated state of morals, a corrupted public conscience, is incompatible with freedom. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles."
– Patrick Henry
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