This episode features Give Me Liberty: A Free Man's Story, a play of historical fiction written by John and Sydney Futrell. The piece was inspired by real events, as described in genealogy documents preserved by John's mother. As the story goes, John's great, great, great, great grandfather was Patrick Henry. The Patrick Henry whose famous quote "Give Liberty or Give Me Death" inspired some before the America Revolution War.

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