Give Me Liberty T-Shirt

American history isn't full of chocolate rivers and gumdrop smiles. Pop history leads us to believe that our Founding Fathers were an inseparable force of men who jointly walked down the path to revolution. That couldn't be farther from the truth. American politics were just as torn in the 18th Century as they are now. As the war was brewing in 1775, Virginia had not yet fully committed itself to the American Revolution. Some of Virginia's most influential citizens? including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson? met in Richmond, Va. to determine the fate of their land. During the assembly, Patrick Henry uttered the famed phrase, "give me liberty or give me death!" His speech is credited with swaying the assembly to commit Virginian troops to the revolution, a move that undoubtedly won the war. Here is the full speech as made popular by William Wirt: It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace, but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The nex