As Virginia prepared for revolution, some of its leaders took time to found a college: Hampden-Sydney

As Virginia prepared for revolution, some of its leaders took time to found a college: Hampden-Sydney

Patrick Henry was a busy man in 1775.  On March 23, he gave a notable speech at St. John’s Church in Richmond. Later that spring, after the royal governor, Lord Dunmore, seized the Colony’s gunpowder, Henry led a group of angry militiamen who almost brought the Colony to open revolt.  He served in the Second Continental Congress, was appointed colonel of the 1st Virginia Regiment, and organized the Virginia State Navy. Why, then, did he consider…