Editing Patrick Henry (section)

==Monuments and memorials==
[[File:Red Hill Charlotte County Virginia 1907.jpg|thumb|right|[[Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial|Red Hill Plantation]], [[Charlotte County, Virginia]], circa 1907]]
Several of Henry's homes are recognized for their association with him. [[Scotchtown (plantation)|Scotchtown]] Plantation is a [[National Historic Landmark]].<ref>{{cite web|title=National Historic Landmarks Program|publisher=National Park Service|url=https://www.nps.gov/nhl/find/statelists/va/VA.pdf|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=August 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170801102536/https://www.nps.gov/nhl/find/statelists/va/VA.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Red Hill Patrick Henry National Memorial]] preserves Henry's final home, gravesite, and his law office.<ref>{{cite web|title=Red Hill—The Patrick Henry National Memorial|url=https://www.redhill.org/about/redhill|publisher=Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=October 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018173036/https://www.redhill.org/about/redhill|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Birthplace of Patrick Henry|site of his birthplace]], which burned in 1807 and is now reduced to archaeological remains, is also preserved;<ref>{{cite web|title=Studley|url=http://roadtorevolution.com/studley/|publisher=Road to Revolution Heritage Trail Consortium|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=March 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320184759/http://roadtorevolution.com/studley/|url-status=live}}</ref> it is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/va/hanover/vacant.html|title=Virginia – Hanover County – Vacant / Not In Use|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places]]|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806040151/http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/va/hanover/vacant.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A plaque placed by the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] marks the site of Leatherwood in Henry County.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Daughters of the American Revolution]]|access-date=September 21, 2017|title=Patrick Henry Monument|url=https://www.dar.org/national-society/historic-sites-and-properties/patrick-henry-monument|archive-date=March 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329230057/https://www.dar.org/national-society/historic-sites-and-properties/patrick-henry-monument|url-status=live}}</ref>

Henry helped found Hampden-Sydney College, believing that "every free state" should promote "useful knowledge amongst its citizens".<ref name = "sydney" /> He was an original trustee and sent seven of his sons there. Henry was instrumental in getting its charter passed by the General Assembly in 1783.<ref name = "sydney" >{{cite web|title=Hampden-Sydney|url=http://roadtorevolution.com/hampden-sydney-college/|publisher=Road to Revolution Heritage Trail Consortium|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=October 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161026154702/http://roadtorevolution.com/hampden-sydney-college/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Emory and Henry College]] in [[Emory, Virginia]] was named for him and [[John Emory]], an early bishop in Virginia. According to the college, "Bishop Emory symbolizes belief in the union of faith and learning, while Governor Henry represents the commitment to the ideals of freedom and civic virtue."<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Emory and Henry College]]|url=http://www.ehc.edu/about/history-mission-culture/history/|title=History of the College|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=September 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929024543/http://www.ehc.edu/about/history-mission-culture/history/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Fort Henry (West Virginia)|Fort Henry]] stood in what is now [[Wheeling, West Virginia]], but was at the time part of Virginia. It was built in 1774 and named Fort Fincastle after one of Lord Dunmore's titles but was renamed for Henry, then governor, after independence.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brooks|first=A.B.|title=Story of Fort Henry|url=http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh1-2.html|publisher=West Virginia Archives and History|date=January 1940|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=September 19, 2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000919233648/http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh1-2.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Fort Patrick Henry was built during the American Revolutionary War along the [[Holston River|South Fork Holston River]] at the present-day site of [[Kingsport, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|last=Nance|first=Benjamin C.|title=Fort Patrick Henry|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=493|access-date=September 21, 2017|encyclopedia=Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture|archive-date=September 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922003706/http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=493|url-status=live}}</ref> This fort serves as the namesake of [[Fort Patrick Henry Dam]] and its reservoir on the river.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tva.com/sites/fortpatrickhenry.htm|title=Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir|publisher=Tennessee Valley Authority|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=July 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702094215/http://www.tva.com/sites/fortpatrickhenry.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> At least four ships have been named in Henry's honor: the passenger and freight [[Packet boat|packet]] ship ''[[Patrick Henry (packet)|Patrick Henry]]'', the Civil War [[Confederate States Navy|Confederate Navy]] [[steamboat]] {{ship|CSS|Patrick Henry}}, [[World War II]] [[Liberty ship]] {{SS|Patrick Henry}} and the [[ballistic missile submarine]] {{USS|Patrick Henry|SSBN-599}}.

[[Camp Patrick Henry]] was a World War II-era military camp near [[Newport News, Virginia]]. Decommissioned in 1946, it became the site of the [[Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport]] on {{convert|925|acre|km2}}. When opened in 1949, the airport was called Patrick Henry Field and was later renamed Patrick Henry International Airport, a name it retained until 1990. The airport code is still PHF.<ref>{{cite web|title=Existing Conditions|url=http://flyphf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/D_PHF-CH-1-Existing-Conditions.pdf|publisher=Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport]|pages=1–6 through 1–8|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806043819/http://flyphf.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/D_PHF-CH-1-Existing-Conditions.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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Patrick Henry has been honored twice on U.S. postage stamps. On October 7, 1955, the [[United States Post Office Department]] issued a $1 [[definitive stamp]] honoring Henry, one of the high values in the [[Liberty issue]]. A painting of Henry by American artist [[Alonzo Chappel]] was used as the inspiration and as the model by the engraver for this issue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&tid=2029097|title=Arago: 1-dollar Henry|publisher=[[National Postal Museum]]|first=Steven J.|last=Rod|date=May 16, 2006|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=November 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105053221/http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&tid=2029097|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1960–1961, the U.S. Post Office issued the American Credo series, six stamps with well-known patriotic quotations. Patrick Henry's most famous words are inscribed on the final issue in the series, a 4-cent stamp first released in Richmond on January 11, 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&tid=2032849|title=4-cent Henry quotation|publisher=[[National Postal Museum]]|first=Rod|last=Juell|date=November 3, 2008|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=November 5, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105053151/http://arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=1&cmd=1&tid=2032849|url-status=live}}</ref>
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|[[File:Patrick Henry .1955-$1.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Patrick Henry, [[Liberty issue]], 1955]]
|[[File:Credo Liberty or Death.jpg|thumb|upright=1.24|1961 issue honoring Henry in the American Credo series]]
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