Patriots of the Past

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 …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s November 17, 1778. I’m with Jewish American banker Haym Salomon. JG: “Mr. Salomon, …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s October 7, 1778. I’m with Phillis Wheatley, a former slave who has just …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s July 12, 1778. I’m in Paris with eleven-year-old John Quincy Adams. JG: “John …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s June 28, 1778. I’m at the Battle of Monmouth in New Jersey. The …

Experience the American dream with today’s Patriots of the Past interview. I’m your host, John Gillespie. It’s June 28, 1778. I’m with teenage soldier Joseph Martin at the Battle of …