Forgotten Patriots | History, Christians, Families, Civil War, WW1, WW2, Revolutionary War, Conservatives
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Parents and Grandparents! Are you searching for amazing adventures from our past that will not only thrill and inspire your children, but more so rescue them from scrolling endlessly through social media?
Introducing the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS podcast, where our history's powerful--yet often untold--stories will take your breath away.
Igniting a passion within our young people to arise and stand courageously with history's "noble and great ones".
I’m Rick Robison. Husband, father, grandfather, Veterans Hospital Volunteer, historian, and former intel officer. But most of all concerned patriot seeing our once exceptional nation being “fundamentally transformed” from within.
“History must be judged strenuously and within historical context.”
Please join with us in our quest to shine the light of truth on America’s glorious past. To honor America’s heroes and heroines. For without them, our world today would be a dark and despotic place, one we would not recognize.
For “Not to know what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of a human being unless it be woven into the life, the mosaic, of our ancestors” (Marcus Tullius Cicero).
To leap with both feet into such a vital adventure requires that we gather, but more so, harness, the stories of our illustrious heroes and heroines. To do that successfully we must place them within a comprehendible historical setting. This takes work, my friends.
This is the “why” of the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast Series. Its purpose and mission. With a passion we’ve done the heavy lifting. Transporting you back in time to experience what it was like standing shoulder-to-shoulder with history’s noble and great ones, as they rose to save our world…yet, too often sacrificing life and limb. Freely offering their “last full measure of devotion” in our behalf.
The 100 Indispensable Heroes of American History. An entertaining, fast-moving ride we guarantee will thrill you, right down to the often-shocking finish! Each story provides proof of why, and how, these heroes are heroes, saving our nation, our world, and our way of life.
Please join with me each week immersing yourself in our unique and entertaining “FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS” Podcast Series. Walk in their footsteps. Witness through their eyes how these genuine, honest, everyday people helped save our world!
In this I guarantee that you, but more so your children, will rekindle a passion for life, suddenly seeing the potential this great, God-centered land offers every honest, hardworking seeker after truth. Stories that restore and inspire young minds and hearts—of all ages!
By embracing these noble and great ones, we join with them—E Pluribus Unum—as they offer “their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor.”
I know you’ll agree. We need such heroes, now more than ever.
I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.
Episodes
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Christmas Day, December 25th 1776. The blinding blizzard swept over the men.
General Washington’s boys gathered, their exhausted, demoralized faces illuminated by a few flickering torches. Clothing torn and threadbare. Feet wrapped against the cold in burlap. You could see it in their eyes, their faith in victory that night was hanging by a thread.
Across the black, ice-choked river awaited a ferocious enemy. Behind them lay weeks of death and humiliating defeat. Then, in the still of night, Thomas Paine’s words were read aloud by an officer:
“These are the times that try men’s souls. The summer soldier and sunshine patriot will shrink from the service of their country… For tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered. But we have this consolation with us that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
Washington’s boys quietly listened, and for the first time in weeks they understood. They would cross that ice-choked river not because victory was assured, but because liberty was worth dying for…
I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
42 - A PRAYER TO SAVE AMERICA | Benjamin Franklin (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War
81 - SHE SAVED 2,500 KIDS FROM THE GAS CHAMBER | Irena Sendler (Polish Undergound) | WWII
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American Revolution / 1776 / Common Sense / Battle of Trenton / Declaration of Independence
Oct 28, 2026
Oct 28, 2026
14 min
Captain Jack Hays and 14 Texas Rangers were riding the frontier when attacked by a large force of Comanche warriors on ponies painted for war. The Rangers were badly outnumbered.
Normally, the sensible response would be to retreat. But Captain Jack Hays ordered his fifteen men, pistols in hand, to gallop directly into the enemy warriors.
The Rangers had recently acquired Colt Paterson revolving, multi-shot pistols. Though primitive by later standards, they were new and deadly on the frontier in 1844. And Captain Jack understood something more. The Comanche did not like surprises.
Up close, the Rangers unleashed rapid pistol fire. The Comanche, never seeing such weapons before, fled.
The outcome enhanced the can-do reputation of the Texas Rangers.
And that was Captain Jack Hays. Always a gentleman, but when danger appeared, something changed in his countenance.
His men discovered their quiet captain possessed extraordinary courage, coolness under fire, and a faith in his ability that could not be stopped...
I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
93 - "LORD, HELP ME SAVE JUST ONE MORE..." | Desmond Doss (Army Medic + Conscientious Objector) | WWII
86 - THE BULLET JUST MISSED HIS HEART | Ronald Reagan (US President) | 1911-2004
49 - THE SPY CONFEDERATES NEVER SUSPECTED… | Elizabeth “Crazy Bet” Van Lew (Union Spy) | Civil War
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Texas Rangers / Mexican War / Comanches / Republic of Texas / California
Oct 21, 2026
Oct 21, 2026
14 min
What England’s King Charles I was charged with was absolutely revolutionary for the time. That royalty was not above the law. That kings could not do whatever they wanted.
Government and kings, Oliver Cromwell and his parliamentary allies argued, existed solely to benefit the people, not simply for personal power, enrichment, or honor. And to press this revolutionary concept, Oliver Cromwell was willing to go to war.
But in the end, after a bloody civil war, the royal forces of King Charles I were defeated and Parliament’s Army, led by Cromwell, prevailed, establishing a Republic and the world would never be the same. King Charles I was beheaded for treason, a first for an English king or queen.
England’s monarch (Charles’ son) would return to England and the Republic Cromwell wanted was later dissolved, but the path to freedom and limiting royal power was set in motion for all time, that Divine concept spreading to the American Colonies.
I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.
**Want more incredible stories like these for your home??**
---> "FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS" MANUALS (Volumes 1-4) - Purchase on Amazon!
OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
93 - "LORD, HELP ME SAVE JUST ONE MORE..." | Desmond Doss (Army Medic + Conscientious Objector) | WWII
87 - YOUNG WASHINGTON: Should You See It?... 🎥 *Movie Review*
78 - SAVING THE UNION AT GETTYSBURG | Gen. John Buford (Army) | Civil War
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History of Freedom / Cromwell / English Civil War / King Charles I / Rebellion
Oct 14, 2026
Oct 14, 2026
11 min
The German Gestapo were closing in. She felt her heart pounding in her chest.
The Allied spy Nancy Wake crouched in the darkness, listening to the sound of boots shambling through the French countryside. There was not much time…
Nancy Grace Wake would become one of the most decorated Allied servicewomen of World War II. Known as the “White Mouse” for her uncanny ability to evade capture, she transitioned from a cosmopolitan journalist into a high-ranking courier for the French Resistance and, later, a spy in Britain's Special Operations Executive (SOE).
Her intelligence, military leadership, and personal skill and bravery made her a pivotal figure in covert Allied operations, particularly in the months leading up to and following the Allies’ D-Day invasion of Nazi occupied Europe.
Yet, throughout her struggle against pure evil, Nancy never forgot who she was fighting and why…
I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.
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---> "FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS" MANUALS (Volumes 1-4) - Purchase on Amazon!
OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
50 - THE GREAT ESCAPE FROM LIBBY PRISON | Lt. Jacob Merritt (Union Prisoner) | Civil War
30 - THE AMERICAN SUPERSPY | Virginia Hall "The Limping Lady" (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII
56 - HISTORY'S GREATEST KNIGHT | William Marshal ("The Peacemaker") | The Middle Ages
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Spies / World War II / France / D-Day / Nazis / Covert Operations
Oct 7, 2026
Oct 7, 2026
13 min
The Japanese had no idea the woman entertaining them was using the money they spent at her nightclub to secretly help American prisoners survive the brutal conditions in the POW camps.
That was Claire Maybelle Phillips. The secret American who had turned her nightclub into a weapon of war.
Claire found out that her husband Phil had been captured. She used her skill and bribery to gain access to the American POW camps, trying to help her husband.
But on May 23, 1944, Kempei-Tai (Japanese Secret Police) stormed Club Tsubaki and arrested Claire. For five months she endured brutal torture.
But Claire refused to betray the Philippine Resistance and the American soldiers being held in Japanese prison camps. She would fight to the end hoping that America had not forgotten her…
I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.
**Want more incredible stories like these for your home??**
---> "FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS" MANUALS (Volumes 1-4) - Purchase on Amazon!
OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
50 - THE GREAT ESCAPE FROM LIBBY PRISON | Lt. Jacob Merritt (Union Prisoner) | Civil War
30 - THE AMERICAN SUPERSPY | Virginia Hall "The Limping Lady" (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII
56 - HISTORY'S GREATEST KNIGHT | William Marshal ("The Peacemaker") | The Middle Ages
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American Spy / World War II / Philippines / Japanese / Nightclub Hostess / Bataan Death March
Sep 30, 2026
Sep 30, 2026
14 min
His story of raw strength against impossible odds reveals a hero who history has a hard time explaining. Many wondered if Peter Francisco was an actual human being or something more. Like Biblical Samson, he appeared when needed to help defeat the enemies of freedom.
In 1776, at only sixteen years of age, a boy who began life as an orphan, joined the 10th Virginia Regiment of the Continental Army. He fought throughout the war, was wounded many times, but defeated in desperate hand-to-hand combat scores of the enemy, including facing Colonel Banister Tarelton’s Dragoons in a desperate fight, alone, heavily outnumbered.
The British knew of this giant American rebel, and tried to capture or kill him. And though severely wounded and once left for dead, Peter Francisco refused to die.
After the war Peter passed with little of this life’s possessions, though as a veteran and war hero, he died highly respect by his neighbors and friends. The perfect American hero. Unsung, yet honorable to the end.
I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
82 - HE EXPECTED TO SACRIFICE HIMSELF... | Lt. William Cushing (US Navy) | Civil War
73 - THEY LAUGHED... TILL SHE OPENED FIRE | Annie Oakley (Sharpshooter) | Wild West
53 - THE QUIET GENIUS WHO CRACKED JAPAN'S SECRETS | Capt. Joseph Rochefort (Cryptographer) | WWII
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Revolutionary War / American Continental Army / The Giant of the Revolution / Jack Reacher
Sep 23, 2026
Sep 23, 2026
14 min
At dawn King Charles II’s soldiers forced their way into Algernon Sydney’s home in Northumberland, England, charging him with “treason against the Crown.”
Sydney was convicted for his beliefs, his thoughts, for his love of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for the common citizen, then marched to the gallows.
But Algernon Sydney’s writings, and the God-given truth he died for, would go on to inspire our Founders who, later, struggling in the face of overwhelming odds, published the Declaration of Independence to a shackled world. Then the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Sydney’s works became, in the end, the “Textbook of the American Revolution.”
Thomas Jefferson channeled Algernon Sydney. So did John Adams (and, of course, Abigail Adams).
Sydney’s contribution to freedom—as forgotten a hero as I have known—cannot be overstated. For he helped our Founders discover and embrace the God-given gift of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness!
I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.
**Want more incredible stories like these for your home??**
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
32 - THE PURE SON OF LIBERTY | Thaddeus Kosciuszko (Military Engineer) | Revolutionary War
41 - AMERICA'S FATHERLESS, ORPHANED HERO | Alexander Hamilton (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War
43 - CREATING AMERICA'S BATTLE HYMN | Julia Ward Howe (Poet/Abolitionist) | Civil War
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Freedom / Personal Liberty / Founding Fathers / American Revolution / Opposing Tyranny
Sep 16, 2026
Sep 16, 2026
9 min
Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, 2001, something happened to America that I hope we never forget.
Firefighters and police ran into danger trying to save lives.
Flight attendants and passengers fought terrorists with nothing but their bare hands.
Americans lined up to give blood.
And for a little while, the arguments stopped and an incredible miracle occurred: American flags came out everywhere. By 9/12 American flags were sold out all over the country.
We, as neighbors, as Americans, stood united against a common foe.
Twenty-five years later—because history is nothing if not our best early warning system—that is the message I believe we most need today.
Twenty-five years ago, terrorists tried to get us at each other’s throats. Today I am convinced that unless we change our thinking, we will, in fact, do the damage ourselves those 9/11 murderers wanted done to us.
I pray we never forget the sacrifices, but more so the lessons, of September 11, 2001.
I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
84 - 250 YEARS A REPUBLIC: Do We Still Deserve It?
81 - SHE SAVED 2,500 KIDS FROM THE GAS CHAMBER | Irena Sendler (Polish Undergound) | WWII
26 - IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT ANGELS... | *Near-Fatal Personal Experience* | 1950s
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September 11, 2001 / Terrorism / Firefighters / Police Officers / Unity / Service
Sep 9, 2026
Sep 9, 2026
15 min
Thomas Jefferson was tasked with the treasonous task of authoring the Declaration of Independence, separating the Americans forever from King George III of England.
Without hesitation, Jefferson opened his portable desk and began work.
He wrote: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with…Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
These were rights that no man, or king, could take from them.
Wisdom and observation taught Jefferson that those rights came from God, they were inherited, they were innate in the human spirit.
And governments existed solely to protect those rights, nothing more.
That government received its legitimate authority from “the consent of the governed.” That idea struck directly at the ancient belief of the divine right of kings, that kings ruled because God had made them kings and that “commoners never had the right to challenge a king.”
Thomas Jefferson and our Founders shattered such false traditions. And the world would never be the same again.
I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.
**Want more incredible stories like these for your home??**
---> "FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS" MANUALS (Volumes 1-4) - Purchase on Amazon!
OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
32 - THE PURE SON OF LIBERTY | Thaddeus Kosciuszko (Military Engineer) | Revolutionary War
29 - ROMANCING THE REVOLUTION | Abigail & John Adams | Revolutionary War
35 - WASHINGTON'S MIRACLE MAN (Part 1/3) | Col. John Glover (Marblehead Mariners Commander) | Revolutionary War
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Revolutionary War / 1776 / Declaration of Independence / Founding Fathers / Freedom
Sep 2, 2026
Sep 2, 2026
14 min
The ancient stone walls of the Alamo trembled beneath another thunderous cannon blast.
Mexican soldiers surged forward in wave after wave, their battle cries echoing through the cold dawn air of March 6th, 1836.
The defenders, fewer than two hundred Americans, had held out against overwhelming odds for thirteen days hoping for reinforcements.
Near one section of the crumbling wall stood a tall, broad-shouldered frontiersman wearing a worn buckskin hunting shirt. His long rifle he named “Old Betsy” flashed again and again.
When powder ran out, he seized Old Betsy by the barrel and swung it like a club against Mexican soldiers pouring through the breach.
David “Davy” Crockett had fought bears, hostile natives, and fierce political battles in Washington his entire life. Now, surrounded by 2,000 heavy assault troops, he fought for something far more important.
Liberty itself.
And to the end, he never gave in or gave up. In fact, the great American name, Davy Crockett, is synonymous with the story of America.
I’m Rick Robison and this is the FORGOTTEN PATRIOTS Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
38 - THE ALAMO'S DIVINE SECRET | The Battle of the Alamo | 1836
49 - THE SPY CONFEDERATES NEVER SUSPECTED… | Elizabeth “Crazy Bet” Van Lew (Union Spy) | Civil War
67 - TAMING THE DARK AND BLOODY GROUND | Daniel Boone (Frontiersman) | Revolutionary War
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The Alamo / Frontiersmen and women / Opposing the Indian Removal Act / Andrew Jackson / US Congress