THE REAL GEORGE WYTHE

Wandering through the cemetery in Richmond’s St. John’s Church, one can discover a lot of history amongst the faded old grave markers. The church itself dates back to 1741 and sits in the Church Hill section of Richmond, the original footprint of the city. Its claim to fame, and the likely reason for its survival and current status as a National Historic Landmark, is that it housed the Second Virginia Convention on the cusp of America’s Revolution. There, Patrick Henry delivered his passiona...