St. John’s Church

Author Craig Shirley will discuss his book, Mary Ball Washington: the Untold Story of George Washington’s Mother, winner of the People’s Choice Award from the Library of Virginia. Includes a ...

Join Education Programs Manager Dean Knight on a lyrical tour around the graveyard at St. John's, focusing on the life and work of Edgar Allan Poe. Knight, an award-winning local actor who served seven years as the Programs Coordinator at the Poe Museum, is the author of a chapter in the new book More Than ...

An expert on democratic theory and public policy, Kenneth P. Ruscio will speak on humility as a leadership virtue, one especially appropriate for leaders in a democracy. Pulling from his own experiences in leadership positions as well as from the Founders, Washington and Jefferson in particular, Ruscio will address the question: Why humility? and Why ...

Professional actors portray nine delegates, including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who engage in the arguments of the Second Virginia Convention of March 1775, leading to Patrick Henry’s immortal words "Give me liberty or give me death!" ...

Patrick Henry Jolly, a direct descendant of Patrick Henry, has been performing Patrick Henry's "Liberty or Death" speech for over 25 years. Come hear his monumental speech at the exact ...

On March 23, 1775, at the Second Virginia Convention that took place in St. John’s Church in Richmond, Patrick Henry gave a rousing speech to the Virginia delegation that is ...

Stroll through the graveyard and hear the spirits tell their tales. End by listening to Edgar Allan Poe perform dramatic readings of some of his stories and poems. Stay if you like for the costume contest immediately afterwards. ...

The Fall of Richmond is a three-movement concert work for chamber orchestra that evokes the turmoil and exultation which overtook Virginia's capital on April 2-4,1865 as Confederate forces burned and fled the city. Composer Curt Sydnor crafted the work as a symphonic ode to the US Colored Troops regiment which then led the march into ...