St. John’s Church

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colonial-era church historic church historic site tourist attraction

St. John’s Church is a historic colonial-era church in Richmond, Virginia, best known as the site of Patrick Henry’s famous “Give me liberty, or give me death!” speech during the American Revolution.

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Label Occurrences
St. John’s Church canonical 4
St. John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia 4
St. John’s Church, Richmond 2

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial-era church ⓘ
historic church ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
tourist attraction ⓘ
affiliation Episcopal Diocese of Virginia ⓘ
architecturalStyle Georgian architecture ⓘ
associatedWith American Revolutionary War ⓘ
surface form: American Revolution

Patrick Henry ⓘ
Virginia colonial history ⓘ
builtFor Anglican parish worship ⓘ
burialsInclude prominent Richmond citizens ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
denomination Episcopal Church ⓘ
era colonial America ⓘ
governingBody St. John’s Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: St. John’s Church Foundation
hasAlternativeName St. John’s Church ⓘ
surface form: Historic St. John’s Church

St. John’s Church ⓘ
surface form: St. John’s Episcopal Church
hasCemetery yes ⓘ
hasFunction historic museum site ⓘ
place of worship ⓘ
tourist destination ⓘ
hasName St. John’s Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark ⓘ
Virginia Landmarks Register ⓘ
surface form: Virginia Historic Landmark

listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
historicalPeriod American Revolutionary era ⓘ
locatedIn Church Hill neighborhood ⓘ
City of Richmond ⓘ
Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia

North America ⓘ
Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
material brick ⓘ
notableFor role in the American Revolution ⓘ
site of Patrick Henry’s famous liberty speech ⓘ
openToPublic yes ⓘ
originalDenomination Church of England ⓘ
partOf St. John’s Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: St. John’s Church Historic District
region Southern United States ⓘ
surface form: U.S. South
religion Christianity ⓘ
significantEvent "Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech ⓘ
surface form: Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty, or give me death!” speech

Virginia Convention ⓘ
surface form: Second Virginia Convention of March 1775
topic American independence movement ⓘ
colonial Virginia politics ⓘ
tourismType heritage tourism ⓘ
usedFor educational tours ⓘ
historical reenactments ⓘ
religious services ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Richmond, Virginia → containsHistoricSite → St. John’s Church ⓘ
Virginia Convention → location → St. John’s Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Second Virginia Convention
this entity surface form: St. John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia
St. John’s Church → partOf → St. John’s Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: St. John’s Church (Richmond, Virginia)
this entity surface form: St. John’s Church Historic District
St. John’s Church → hasName → St. John’s Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: St. John’s Church (Richmond, Virginia)
St. John’s Church → hasAlternativeName → St. John’s Church ⓘ
subject surface form: St. John’s Church (Richmond, Virginia)
this entity surface form: St. John’s Episcopal Church
St. John’s Church → hasAlternativeName → St. John’s Church ⓘ
subject surface form: St. John’s Church (Richmond, Virginia)
this entity surface form: Historic St. John’s Church
St. John’s Church → governingBody → St. John’s Church self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: St. John’s Church (Richmond, Virginia)
this entity surface form: St. John’s Church Foundation
Episcopal Diocese of Virginia → hasHistoricParish → St. John’s Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. John’s Church, Richmond
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech → placeOfSpeech → St. John’s Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia
"Give me liberty, or give me death!" speech → building → St. John’s Church ⓘ
Speech at the Second Virginia Convention, March 23, 1775 → place → St. John’s Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia
Church Hill neighborhood → knownFor → St. John’s Church ⓘ
Church Hill neighborhood → hasLandmark → St. John’s Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. John’s Episcopal Church
George Wythe → burialPlace → St. John’s Church ⓘ
this entity surface form: St. John’s Church, Richmond, Virginia
Richmond → hasHistoricSite → St. John’s Church ⓘ
subject surface form: Richmond, Virginia
this entity surface form: St. John’s Church, Richmond