Patriots of the Past

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s April 29, 1780. I’m in Nancy Hart’s Georgia home. JG: “Mrs. Hart, I …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s March 15, 1780. I’m in South Carolina with Brigadier General Francis Marion as …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s January 2, 1780. I’m in Oxford, England, visiting with Professor William Blackstone. JG: …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s December 20, 1779. I’m in Morristown, Pennsylvania, in the platoon tent of teenage …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s December 4, 1779. I’m in the living room with Betsy Martin, sitting in …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s December 3, 1779. I’m near Morristown, Pennsylvania, marching through a blizzard with teenage …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s November 19, 1779. I’m in South Carolina at the home of twelve-year-old Andrew …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s September 23, 1779. I’m with Captain John Paul Jones on his ship, Bonhomme …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s September 21, 1779. I’m in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, with the governor of Spanish …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s September 1, 1779. I’m in Boston, Massachusetts, with John Adams. John is busy …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s August 23, 1779. I’m in New York in a British prison camp with …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s July 16, 1779. I’m with the regiment of “Mad Anthony” Wayne. We’re about …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s February 23, 1779. I’m with Lieutenant Colonel George Rogers Clark and his Rangers …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s February 21, 1779. I’m in North Carolina with Hannah Clarke. Her house has …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s February 14, 1779. I’m at Fort Cornwallis in Augusta, Georgia. I’m in the …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s December 29, 1778. I’m with the Patriot historian and playwright, Mercy Otis Warren. …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s December 21, 1778. I’m with the wife of German General von Riedesel. JG: …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s December 18, 1778. I’m in front of the beautifully decorated chapel at Yale …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s December 17, 1778. I’m with General Baron von Steuben at the dock. He …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s December 2, 1778. I’m with Nabby and John Quincy Adams, the children of …