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|publisher=[[National Register of Historic Places|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref> A plaque placed by the [[Daughters of the American Revolution]] marks the site of Leatherwood, in Henry County.<ref>{{cite web|publisher = [[Daughters of the American Revolution]]|accessdate=September 21, 2017|title=Patrick Henry Monument|url=https://www.dar.org/national-society/historic-sites-and-properties/patrick-henry-monument}}</ref>

Henry helped found Hampden-Sydney College, believing that "every free state" should promote "useful knowledge amongst its citizens".<ref name = "sydney" /> He was an original trustee and sent seven of his sons there. Henry was instrumental in getting its charter passed by the General Assembly in 1783.<ref name = "sydney" >{{cite web|title=Hampden-Sydney|url=http://roadtorevolution.com/hampden-sydney-college/|publisher=Road to Revolution Heritage Trail Consortium|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref> Named in his honor is [[Emory and Henry College]] in [[Emory, Virginia]], which was named for him and [[John Emory]], an early bishop in Virginia. According to the college, "Bishop Emory symbolizes belief in the union of faith and learning, while Governor Henry represents the commitment to the ideals of freedom and civic virtue."<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Emory and Henry College]]|url=http://www.ehc.edu/about/history-mission-culture/history/|title=History of the College|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref>

[[Fort Henry (West Virginia)|Fort Henry]] stood in what is now [[Wheeling, West Virginia]] but was at the time part of Virginia. It was built in 1774 and named Fort Fincastle after one of Lord Dunmore's titles, but was named for Henry, then governor, after independence.<ref>{{cite web|last=Brooks|first=A.B.|title=Story of Fort Henry|url=http://www.wvculture.org/history/journal_wvh/wvh1-2.html|publisher=West Virginia Archives and History|date=January 1940|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref> Fort Patrick Henry was built during the American Revolutionary War along the [[Holston River|South Fork Holston River]] at the present-day site of [[Kingsport, Tennessee]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Nance|first=Benjamin C.|title=Fort Patrick Henry|url=http://tennesseeencyclopedia.net/entry.php?rec=493|accessdate=September 21, 2017|work=Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture}}</ref> This fort serves as the namesake of [[Fort Patrick Henry Dam]] and its reservoir on the river.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tva.com/sites/fortpatrickhenry.htm|title=Fort Patrick Henry Reservoir|publisher=Tennessee Valley Authority|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref> At least three ships have been named in Henry's honor: the Civil War [[Confederate States Navy|Confederate Navy]] [[steamboat]] {{ship|CSS|Patrick Henry}}, [[World War II]] [[Liberty ship]] {{SS|Patrick Henry}} and the [[ballistic missile submarine]] {{USS|Patrick Henry|SSBN-599}}.