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That's my husband, Michael, tricked out as uber-patriot Patrick Henry. The costume used to freak out our kid - You not Joge Washington! Put on you Daddy suit! , but I can appreciate a man with nice legs in hose and britches.

Clicking the picture will take you to a transcription of the famous "Liberty or Death" speech that Michael re-enacted today at St. John's Church in Richmond, Virginia, along with a cast of actors portraying others present on that historic day.

I find the addendum of particular interest... it icludes the reports of the reactions and observations of those who were there, and gives a clearer sense of the impact of Henry's appeal for action had on his audience.

I'm a little
trippy on Flexeril at present (see haiku of pain below)and a little too floppy to wax eloquent. I'll have to let one of America's greatest patriots speak for me this fourth.


Oh, but for my UK friends: