Grave of Patrick Henry's mother

Historic Winton Plantation in Clifford, Virginia.

Sarah Winston Henry, mother of Virginia Founding Father Patrick Henry, is buried in the family cemetery of this property that is now home to the Winton Country Club. It was sold to Mrs. Henry's son-in-law, Col. Samuel Meredith, in 1770, and she spent her last years at Winton. It is on the National Register.

Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell
April 21, 2013

Patrick Henry on overreaching government

"The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government -- lest it come to dominate our lives and interests."
--Patrick Henry
Virginia Patriot

The conservative rebellion ... 1700s style

Bob has a sober reminder of what the Founding Fathers gave up in the fight for freedom. His latest edition of THYME Magazine: Citizen Journalism With a Better Flavor is up over at The Journey.

Words of wisdom from James Madison

"We have staked the whole future of American Civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We have staked the future of all of our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self government; upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God."
--James Madison (1751-1836, VA statesman, 4th President of the United States)