On This Date- March 23,1775 & 1945

March 23, 1775 – Patrick Henry proclaims “Give me liberty or give me death” in speech in favor
of Virginian troops joining US Revolutionary war
March 23, 1945 – Battle of Okinawa: US Navy ships bomb the Japanese island of Okinawa in
preparation for the Allied invasion; it would become the largest battle of the Pacific War in World
War II.