His last word was to his physician, commending the Christian religion, which was so real a benefit to a man about to die.
Patrick Henry and his wife lie side by side in the rear garden of Red Hill. "His fame his best epitaph" is the simple inscription on the stone above the patriot.
Photo furnished by Aymar Embury, II
POHICK CHURCH, VIRGINIA
POHICK CHURCH, TRURO PARISH, VIRGINIA
THE HOME CHURCH OF GEORGE WASHINGTON
Both Truro parish and George Washington were born in 1732, and Washington's connection with Truro Church began in 1735, when his father, Augustine Washington, became a vestryman, and it continued throughout his life, though during his later years, when services were seldom held there, he went to Christ Church at Alexandria.
When Washington was a boy he had to make a round trip of eighteen miles, frequently over extremely rough roads, when he wished to attend services. Yet he was a faithful attendant, at all seasons.