alt Hacker News> The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When the British cavalry came to Virginia in 1781, Thomas Jefferson famously fled the governor’s mansion.
> The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
When the British cavalry came to Virginia in 1781, Thomas Jefferson famously fled the governor’s mansion.
> When the British cavalry came to Virginia in 1781, Thomas Jefferson famously fled the governor’s mansion.
Yes, rather than stay and get captured by British dragoons, he left.
This became a rallying cry by the Federalists (who would love the current power structure in the US right now).
The act was investigated by the Virginia General Assembly and found that he had done nothing wrong.
(Staying would have been extremely dumb)