Stratford Hall will present “Richard Henry Lee, Patrick Henry, and ‘Light-horse Harry’ Lee: A Complicated Dance” at 2 p.m. Saturday, October 9.
The presentation will begin at 2 p.m. in the duPont Library at Stratford Hall, 483 Great House Road, Stratford. The speaker will be John Ragosta, Robert H. Smith International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello historian.
According to a related press release, in 1788 Patrick Henry and Richard Henry Lee led the effort in Virginia to block ratification of the U.S. Constitution because they believed it created a government too powerful and distant….[to-view-more]