Experience the American dream with today’s Patriot of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie.
It’s September 19, 1777. I’m in New York with General Gates at the Battle of Saratoga.
JG: “General Gates, what has been the British General Burgoyne’s strategy in this battle?”
HG: “Mr. Gillespie, he’s invading from Canada. He’s hoping to cut the colonies in two. We’re going to cut down trees to block his path, we’ll harass him along the way, we’ll disrupt his supply line, and we will surround him.”
Surround the British we did, as General Gates and the American Army won a spectacular victory on October 17, 1777, convincing France to become our ally.
Read more about General Horatio Gates and the Battle of Saratoga.
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.
