Patrick Henry became the first American politician to refer to voters as "fellow citizens." We're not surprised: it reflects his belief in democracy and his love of classical-style speech-making. (Source)

Unlike most of his fellow Founding Fathers, Patrick Henry never held a national political office. Patrick Henry: homebody supreme. (Source)

Time magazine included "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" on their Top Ten Greatest Speeches list. That's quite an accomplishment for a speech that was made up decades after the fact. Hey, some things get better with time. (Source)

St. George Tucker received a pretty embarrassing wound at the Battle of Guilford Courthouse: he ran into a runaway soldier's bayonet. Ouch. (Source)

St. George Tucker and William Wirt both enjoyed writing comic literature when they weren't lawyering and judging. (We bet they loved lawyer jokes.) (Source)