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My name is Richard Henry Lee, Virginia is my home, My name is Richard Henry Lee, Virginia...

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Richard Henry Lee: [starts singing "The Lees of Old Virginia"] My name is Richard Henry Lee, Virginia is my home, My name is Richard Henry Lee, Virginia is my ho-ome, / And may my horses turn to glue, if I can't deliver up to you, the resolution on indepdendency! / For I am F.F.V., the First Family, in the sovereign colony of Virginia, / Yes the F.F.V., the oldest family, in the oldest colony in America, / And may the British burn my land, if I can't deliver to your hand, the resolution on independency! / You see, it's here a Lee, there a Lee, and everywhere a Lee, a Lee, Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Social... Richard Henry Lee: Lee, Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Political... Richard Henry Lee: Lee, Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Financial... Richard Henry Lee: Lee, Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Natural... Richard Henry Lee: Lee, Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Internal... Richard Henry Lee: Lee, Dr. Benjamin Franklin: External... Richard Henry Lee: Lee, Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Fraternal... Richard Henry Lee: Lee, Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Eternal... Richard Henry Lee: Lee! Richard Henry Lee, Dr. Benjamin Franklin: The F.F.V., the first family, in the sovereign colony of Virginia, / Richard Henry Lee: And may my wife refuse the bed, if I can't deliver as I said, the resolution on independency! John Adams: Spoken modest-Lee, God help us! Dr. Benjamin Franklin: Oh, He will, John, He will.


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I'M SORRY, JOHN.
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MY VOTE... IS YEA.
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MR. SECRETARY, PENNSYLVANIA SAYS YEA.
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THE COUNT, BEING TWELVE TO NONE...
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WITH ONE ABSTENTION,
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THE RESOLUTION ON INDEPENDENCE...
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IS ADOPTED.
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IT'S DONE.
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IT'S DONE.
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MR. THOMSON, IS THE DECLARATION READY TO BE SIGNED?
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IT IS. THEN I SUGGEST WE DO SO.
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AND THE CHAIR FURTHER PROPOSES,
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FOR OUR MUTUAL SECURITY AND PROTECTION,
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THAT NO MAN BE ALLOWED TO SIT IN THIS CONGRESS WITHOUT ATTACHING HIS NAME TO IT.
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I'M SORRY, MR. PRESIDENT.
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I CANNOT, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, SIGN SUCH A DOCUMENT.
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I WILL NEVER STOP HOPING FOR OUR EVENTUAL RECONCILIATION WITH ENGLAND.
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BUT BECAUSE,
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IN MY OWN WAY,
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I REGARD AMERICA NO LESS THAN DOES MR. ADAMS,
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I WILL JOIN THE ARMY AND FIGHT IN HER DEFENSE,
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EVEN THOUGH I BELIEVE THAT FIGHT TO BE HOPELESS.
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GOOD-BYE, GENTLEMEN.
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[John] GENTLEMEN OF THE CONGRESS,
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I SAY YEA, JOHN DICKINSON.
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VERY WELL.
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ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE DECLARATION BEING APPROVED AS IT NOW STANDS?

Clip duration: 129 seconds
Views: 243
Timestamp in movie: 02h 34m 38s
Uploaded: 20 October, 2021
Genres: drama, family, history
Summary: A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.


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