These illustrations are famous depictions of two seminal events.
Firstly, and engraving entitled 'The swearing and subscribing of the National Covenant in Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh', published in The History of Protestantism by James Aitken Wylie (1878). Greyfriars Kirk is in central Edinburgh, just off the historic Grassmarket and the George IV bridge.
Secondly, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death! Patrick Henry delivering his great speech on the Rights of the Colonies, before the Virginia Assembly, convened at Richmond, March 23rd, 1775. Concluding with the above sentiment, which became the war cry of the Revolution', published by Currier & Ives (1876). This event – the Second Virginia Convention – took place at St John's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia. Patrick Henry's father was from Aberdeen; his sister Elizabeth was married to Ulster descended William Campbell.
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