Experience the American dream with today’s Patriot of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie.
It’s October 8, 1775. I’m riding back to South Carolina with John Rutledge, a vociferous member of the Continental Congress.
JG: “Mr. Rutledge, why are you in such a hurry?”
JR: “John, the king refuses to reason with us. We have time and time again pleaded and petitioned him to compromise, yet he ignores our overtures. Now we must prepare for war.”
John Rutledge went on to write the constitution of South Carolina and help frame the US Constitution.
Read more about the career of John Rutledge.
John and Jan Gillespie are the founders of the Rawhide Boys’ Ranch; they have fostered 351 teenagers and wrote the book Our 351 Sons; they have also assisted numerous churches in developing youth programs and expanding their total church ministries. After running for U.S. Senate, John founded 1776 American Dream, which exists to demonstrate the vision of our founding fathers and help our generation of youth passionately embrace those values.
