St. John's Church Foundation

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St. John's Church Foundation Liberty is the founding ideal of our nation. We are currently Friday, Saturdays and Mondays from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and Sundays from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM. St.

Check back often for updates. John's Church Foundation provides educational programming and works to preserve one of our nation's most important historic sites where Patrick Henry, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other American leaders led the Second Virginia Convention in March 1775 toward American liberty and independence. This is a powerful story for our time and important to the future of our children and nation. Thank you for visiting St. John's Church Foundation page. We built this page to share news about our products, promotions, specials, events and other great things happening at St. John's Church. We welcome your participation and want this experience to be a positive one for the entire SJCF Community, so please take the opportunity to share your experiences, post pictures, interact with our tabs and let us know if there is anything we can do to make this experience more FUN! We ask that you be respectful of one another and comply with all Facebook terms and policies, including not posting comments, images or other types of content that are:• Mean spirited, abusive, defamatory or obscene• Self-promoting • Links to personal websites or blogs • Fraudulent, deceptive or misleading• In violation of a law or regulation, or another person’s intellectual property rights• Linked to Web sites containing harmful or inappropriate content. Please understand that comments posted by fans do not necessarily represent the opinions of St. John's Church Foundation. The SJCF Facebook team doesn’t edit user comments, but we do reserve the right to remove comments that don’t abide by these rules. If an individual repeatedly violates any of the policies, that user will be blocked from posting in the future.

What a night at St. John’s! 👻🕯️Nearly 300 people attended the St. John’s Church Foundation’s Fancy Me Mad program, an un...
10/25/2026

What a night at St. John’s! 👻🕯️

Nearly 300 people attended the St. John’s Church Foundation’s Fancy Me Mad program, an unforgettable graveyard-inspired event celebrating the fascinating history, stories, and characters connected to one of Richmond’s most historic places.

St. John’s is home to Richmond’s oldest public cemetery, where centuries of history rest beneath the trees. Fancy Me Mad brought that history to life in a memorable way, blending the atmosphere of our historic churchyard with an evening of storytelling, intrigue, and entertainment. Yes, Edgar Allan Poe read The Raven to cap off the evening.

A huge thank you to everyone who attended!

Tickets are going fast but STILL AVAILABLE for FANCY ME MAD tonight, Saturday, October 24. 6:30-9pm. Link in our bio.
10/24/2026

Tickets are going fast but STILL AVAILABLE for FANCY ME MAD tonight, Saturday, October 24. 6:30-9pm. Link in our bio.

Trick or Treat at Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) 4-7pm TODAY OCT 23
10/23/2026

Trick or Treat at Virginia Museum of History & Culture (VMHC) 4-7pm TODAY OCT 23

Thank you American Nomad Traveler for spreading awareness about the delegates who attended the Second Virginia Conventio...
10/23/2026

Thank you American Nomad Traveler for spreading awareness about the delegates who attended the Second Virginia Convention at St. John's Church, including Edmund Pendleton.

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Edmund Pendleton was serving in the Virginia House of Burgesses when the Revolutionary War began. His father died when Pendleton was an infant, and he grew up in modest means. He was apprenticed to the Caroline County clerk of court John Robinson at age 14 and by the time of the Revolution, Pendleton was one of the most accomplished and respected lawyers in Virginia. When Robinson died in 1766, Pendleton had the misfortune to be named an executor of his—inheriting responsibility for Robinson’s posthumously-revealed scandalous business affairs, a burden that he would carry for the rest of his professional career.

Pendleton was one of Virginia’s representatives in the First and Second Continental Congresses. As president of the Virginia Committee of Safety, he acted essentially as governor of the state. Pendleton was the principal author of the resolves instructing Virginia’s delegates to Congress to introduce a resolution for independence and authorizing the drafting of Virginia’s first constitution and the Virginia Declaration of Rights.

After creation of the Virginia House of Delegates, Pendleton became its first speaker. In 1778 he became the president of the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals and was elected president of the Virginia Constitutional Ratification Convention. President Washington offered to make him a federal judge, but Pendleton declined the appointment.

As revolutionaries went, Pendleton was regarded as a moderate, having a long-running rivalry with the more-radical Patrick Henry. Thomas Jefferson once remarked of him, “Taken in all he was the ablest man in debate I ever met.”

Edmund Pendleton passed away at his home in Caroline County at age 82, on October 23, 1803, two hundred twenty three years ago today. Widely respected throughout the country, Pendleton continued to offer advice and counsel to the country’s leadership right up to his death.

10/15/2026

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2319 E Broad Street
Richmond, VA
23223

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Monday 9:30am - 4pm
Thursday 11:30am - 4pm
Friday 9:30am - 4pm
Saturday 9:30am - 4pm
Sunday 12:30pm - 4pm

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