Experience the American dream with today’s Patriot of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie.
It’s August 17, 1777. I’m at the headquarters of General Lafayette with Patriot spy James Armistead.
JG: “Mr. Armstead, why do you risk your life in the American fight for freedom?”
JA: “Mr. Gillespie, over 5,000 of my African-American brothers are serving in the Continental Army. We do so because we hope to live in a land that allows all its people to be free. Hopefully, my spine will help the Patriot cause and make this a land of liberty. “
James Armistead’s efforts and thousands like him did help make America a land of the free.
Read more about the African-American contribution to the American Revolution.
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.
