Experience the American dream with today’s Patriot of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie.
It’s March 4, 1801. I’m with President Thomas Jefferson, and he has just finished his inaugural address.
JG: “Mr. President, there’s been a lot of quarreling lately between Federalists and Republicans. What did you say to unite the country?”
TJ: “John, we are called by different names, but our brethren have the same principle. We are all Republicans. We are all Federalists. Let us then with courage and confidence pursue our own Federal and Republican principles, and our attachment to union and representative government.”
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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.
