These are sad times. Patrick Henry’s famous speech was certainly a rouser. In the Virginia history textbook I studied in my seventh-grade public school more than 60 years ago, Henry was depicted ...

250 years ago this month, one of the most influential speeches in American history was delivered right here in Virginia. It was Patrick Henry’s spirited “Give Me Liberty or Give me Death ...

He was born in Roman Britain, kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave at 16, according to the History Channel. Patrick escaped slavery but returned to Ireland later. Legend has it that Patrick ...

According to researchers at the History Channel, Patrick was born “in what is now England, Scotland or Wales — interpretations vary widely — to a Christian deacon and his wife. His ...

He spent six years in captivity in Ireland, according to the History Channel, where he eventually became a devout Christian. According to Patrick’s writing, he believed God’s voice spoke to ...

He was born in Roman Britain, kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave at 16, according to the History Channel. Patrick escaped slavery but returned to Ireland later. Legend has it that Patrick ...

He was born in Roman Britain, kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave at 16, according to the History Channel. Patrick escaped slavery but returned to Ireland later. Legend has it that Patrick ...

As a teenager, Patrick was abducted by a group of Irish raiders and sold into slavery, according to the History Channel. After six years, he fled his captors and returned home. Soon after ...