Dedication of “Red Hill last home and resting place of the American patriot Patrick Henry in Charlotte county, has been sched uled Mav 29 b.. the memorial foun dation which owns the estate near Brookneal. James S. Easley, of Halifax, presi dent of the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, has set a commute on arrangements to work on a suitable program for the day. May 29 next will be the 221st birthday of the famed author of the immortal phrase “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death. . 7‘ He was born at Sjudley, Hanover county. May 29. <73€. He died June u. 1799 at Red Hill. $30,000 Gift Eugene B. Carey. Montgomery county, Md.. realtor and contractor, whose $50,000 gift financed the re cently-completed restoration of the ,; home and adjoining kitchen at Red 1 Hill, will make the formal presen tation during the dedication. The home was destroyed by fire in 1919 and for many years, the 1.000-acre estate and property had remained little known and recog nized, until the Patrick Henry Me-; morial Foundation became t h ■ j owner corporation
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