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Our Mission

The Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation devoted to education and historic preservation. The Foundation promotes educational and research programs about the life, character, times, philosophy and legacy of Patrick Henry. As part of that mission, the Foundation maintains and interprets Red Hill, Patrick Henry's last home and burial place, as a historic site and museum. Charitable donations to the Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation are general tax deductible in conformity to the law. A copy of the Foundation's most recent financial statement is available from the State Division of Consumer Affairs, P. O. Box 1163, Richmond, Virginia 23209.

Our Trustees

Mr. V. Cassel Adamson, Jr.
Mr. Gary Aldrich 
Mr. William J. Carr 
Mr. Walter M. Cart, Jr. 
Mrs. Eugene B. Casey 
Mr. Eugene S. Casey 
Mr. Mark Couvillon 
Mrs. Sandra Wright Crowther 
Mr. Robert Dean 
Mr. Gene Dixon, Jr. 
Mr. Mark Holman 
Dr. C. Suzanne Lea
Mr. Bob Lippard 
Mrs. Joyce H. McDowell 
Mrs. Betsey Casey Metz 
Mrs. Susan Mullin 
Mr. James O. Myers
Ms. Pamela Kent Pettus 
Dr. James A. Piggott 
Mr. Ronald R. Rogers
Mr. M. Alan Rowe

Mrs. Nancy Rowland

Mr. Robert M. Sexton 
Col. Gene Smith
Mr. Thomas Gregory Ward 
Mrs. Lucretia P. Whitehouse 
Mr. Darryl D. Whitesell 
Mr. R. Whitney Winston

Honorary Trustees
Mr. W. W. "Ted" Bennett 
Mr. Donald B. Creath 
Mrs. Joyce K. Crouch 
Mrs. Anna Ruth Gentry 
Mr. Virgil H. Goode, Jr.
Mr. Charles R. Hawkins

Mr. John Howard
Mrs. Florence R. Kalbacker 
Dr. Thomas R. Morris 
Honorable Tom Perriello 
Mrs. Edith C. Poindexter 
Honorable Frank M. Ruff, Jr.


Major Events in the History of the Foundation

Home of Patrick Henry to Become National Shrine
Sunday Magazine, Unidentified newspaper 1940s, By Vera Palmer
Patrick Henry Plantation Board Elects
Taken from The News, Lynchburg, VA. Wednesday Morning, June 24, 1953
Proclamation Urging Support for the Preservation of The Patrick Henry Red Hill National Memorial
'Red Hill' Restoration Made Possible by Contribution from Anonymous Donor
The News, Lynchburg, VA Tuesday Morning, March 2, 1954, By Martha Rivers Adams
U.S. Senate Joint Resolution 187
January 21, 1986
Searing Flames Ruin Patrick Henry Home
Richmond Times Dispatch, February 19, 1919
Letter from the White House Signed by President Ronald Reagan
March 18, 1987
Maryland Man's Gift Restored Last Home of Patrick Henry
Lynchburg News, June 2, 1955