Experience the American dream with today’s Patriot of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie.
It’s May 8, 1776. We have a battle going on in Congress over independency. The fiery John Adams is chastising the cowards of the Continental Congress for refusing to demand freedom from the British. Here’s what he endures day after day:
UNKNOWN: “Will someone shut this man up?!
JA: “Never never, never will I shut for liberty!”
And John Adams never did stop demanding liberty!
Read more about the “fiery John Adams.”
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.
