Richmond, the capital of Virginia, is among Americaās oldest major cities. Patrick Henry, a U.S. Founding Father, famously declared āGive me liberty or give me deathā at its St. John's Church in 1775, leading to the Revolutionary War. The White House of the Confederacy, home of Confederate President Jefferson Davis during the Civil War, is now a museum in Court End, a neighborhood known for Federal-style mansions.