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.
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Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
Wednesday Dec 24, 2025
The Magi, usually referred to as The Three Wise Men of the Nativity, came to honor the “Newborn King” and to present valuable gifts, gifts for a king (gold, frankincense, and myrrh), and to learn if the prophecies were true. Apparently, they were not disappointed.
The Wise Men seemed to understand. They had done their homework!
For anyone on their own life-quest seeking Truth, it is hard to find a better historical example than these three special men. It’s foundational to the Christmas message.
Ultimate, eternal truth, not relative “truth” or what’s popular or “faddish” at the moment. And following always in the humble, quiet footsteps of Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar, who led the world to Christ with the most unselfish and humble intent and purpose.
I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
57 - AMERICA'S SECRET WEAPON AGAINST COMMUNISM | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr (Racial Activist) | Cold War
04 - HOW CHRISTMAS *SAVED* CHRISTIANITY | St. Nicholas | Early Middle Ages
05 - THE GOOD SHEPHERD | Jesus Christ | *A Christmas Special*
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Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Wednesday Dec 17, 2025
Dr. Martin Luther King understood that a racist nation could never win the Cold War.
The world watched as the Soviet propaganda machine cranked up during the 1950s thru the 1970s, flooding the world with images of American race riots, segregation, and racial injustice. Because of America’s perceived injustices, Communists gained the advantage globally.
But with passage of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, discrimination laws based upon skin color were eliminated. The day Dr. King longed for—The Dream—when his children “would be judged by the content of their character.” He sacrificed his life for that dream.
Martin Luther King hammered the final spikes in the Communist coffin guaranteeing freedom/capitalism’s ultimate victory. Historically—and it’s eerily eye-opening—you can actually plot the slide of the Soviet Union when America finally began to eliminate long-standing racial injustices at home. I saw this firsthand while working in an official capacity overseas. It was stunning.
In fact, it was a miracle. This is the story of how that came about.
I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
56 - HISTORY'S GREATEST KNIGHT | William Marshal ("The Peacemaker") | The Middle Ages
28 - SHE SAVED HUNDREDS...WITH GOD'S HELP | Harriet Tubman (Abolitionist) | Underground Railroad/Civil War
06 - THE SLAVE WHO HELPED SAVE AMERICA | James Armistead Lafayette (American Spy) | Revolutionary War
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Martin Luther King, Jr. / Cold War / Civil Rights / Communism / Capitalism / Social Justice / Racial Justice / Freedom / Character / Race Riots / Civil Rights Act 1964 / Viet Nam / Discrimination / America
Wednesday Dec 10, 2025
Wednesday Dec 10, 2025
William Marshal, known famously as “The Peacemaker,” stepped forward when the Magna Carta—the first of the great freedom documents promoting individual liberty—was about to be discarded.
He rescued and enforced this pivotal pact of freedom but would never have had the influence necessary without his incredibly heroic and revered life.
For becoming “the world’s greatest knight” was not something anyone expected from a boy of his lowly status.
He began life with everyone he knew corrupt and self-serving. We would expect William Marshal to be the same. Yet, he would make his own choices and determine to adopt and refine his own code of loyalty to Christ and to England.
He became a man of honesty, chivalry, and clever, capable diplomacy. England, and by extension much of the rest of the world, would likely look very different today without his life of sacrifice and worthy service.
This is his incredible story…
I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
55 - THE WORDS THAT FIRED A REVOLUTION | Patrick Henry (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War
27 - "THE HAMMER" WHO SAVED CHRISTIANITY | Charles Martel ("Knights of Our Lord" Leader) | 700s A.D.
19 - RESCUING CHRISTIANITY FROM CERTAIN DEATH | The Winged Hussars (Christian Knights) | 1600s
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William Marshal / A Knight’s Tale / England / Chivalry / Jousting / Knights / Freedom / The Magna Carta / King Henry / King Richard / King John / The Tournament / Heath Ledger
Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
Wednesday Dec 03, 2025
"GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH..."
With British attacks on the rise, the Second Virginia Assembly held an emergency session. PATRICK HENRY arrived in Richmond with a single goal. He rose from his seat with no notes in hand.
“If we wish to be free, we must fight!” He shouted. “An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us. For the next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already in the field. Why stand we here idle?!”
Then came the legendary invocation that would echo across centuries: “I know not what course others may take; but as for me—give me liberty or give me death!”
By a narrow but decisive margin (65 to 60!) Virginia voted to prepare for war.
In that iconic lapboard church in Richmond, on that decisive day of March 23, 1775, American patriots arose from their slumber.
I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
42 - A PRAYER TO SAVE AMERICA | Benjamin Franklin (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War
41 - AMERICA'S FATHERLESS, ORPHANED HERO | Alexander Hamilton (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War
32 - THE PURE SON OF LIBERTY | Thaddeus Kosciuszko (Military Engineer) | Revolutionary War
29 - ROMANCING THE REVOLUTION | Abigail & John Adams | Revolutionary War
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American Revolutionary War / Richmond Virginia / St. John’s Church / Virginia Assembly / Liberty or Death / George Washington / Thomas Jefferson / Great Britain
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
Wednesday Nov 26, 2025
A Pilgrim child saw a naked figure watching their village from the trees. Some became afraid.
Finally, as the Pilgrims worked near the edge of a clearing, a native man stepped calmly out of the woods and strolled easily towards them wearing nothing but a loincloth.
What shocked them most was when he called out to them…in perfect English!
The man’s name was SQUANTO. And his miraculous story was so impossible at first no one believed it.
As well, Squanto had every right to hate these English Pilgrims. He could have left them to die, for he could see as he watched them that they didn’t know what they were doing.
But Squanto took pity on them and made a monumental decision, one that would change the course of history. He chose to help them.
And what happened next would not only save these struggling people, but more so provide a monumental miracle we celebrate today.
It’s called Thanksgiving.
I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
17 - GODLY MAN... OR MONSTER? | Christopher Columbus (Italian Explorer) | 1400s
14 - AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN WARRIORS | Navajo Code Talkers (Marines) | WWII
08 - TWO KIDNAPPED GIRLS WHO CHANGED HISTORY | Sacajawea & Sally (Shoshoni Explorers) | American West
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Thanksgiving / Pilgrims / Mayflower / Plymouth / William Bradford / Squanto / Pawtuxet / Massasoit / Plymouth Charter / America / Freedom / Liberty / The Covenant / United States / The Bible / Israel
Wednesday Nov 19, 2025
Wednesday Nov 19, 2025
It’s a true injustice when our illustrious heroes are purposely “cancelled” because of the too-common curse of professional jealousy and power politics.
Sadly, it’s even more prevalent today and why a large majority of Americans no longer trust our media.
For one of America’s finest cryptographers, a man who singlehandedly saved the US Navy’s Pacific Fleet and delivered the Japanese Navy to American dive bombers at the Battle of Midway, was actually punished for his life-saving accomplishments.
His name was Captain Joseph J. Rochefort, a brilliant, yet soft-spoken Navy officer who preferred fuzzy slippers to regulation dress shoes and worked at all hours—sometimes 24/7—in his bathrobe.
There, in what he called “the Dungeon,” “Station HYPO” at Pearl Harbor, he and his team successfully broke the rock-solid Japanese naval codes wide-open, turning the tide of war.
This is his incredible, inspiring story.
I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
52 - THE UNION'S "INFANT" HERO WHO WOULDN'T GO HOME | Johnny Clem (9yrs) | Civil War *VETERAN'S DAY SPECIAL*
25 - THE HEROES WHO REBUILT OUR DESTROYED U.S. NAVY | Engineers & Rescue Divers (U.S. Navy) | WWII
14 - AMERICA'S FORGOTTEN WARRIORS | Navajo Code Talkers (Marines) | WWII
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World War II / US Navy / Japan’s Naval Code JN-25 / Battle of Midway / Code Breakers / Station HYPO / Japanese Navy / Cover Up / Heroes For Freedom
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
Wednesday Nov 12, 2025
In April of 1861, the War Between the States broke out.
Nine-year-old Johnny Lincoln Clem ran away from home to join the Union Army. But Johnny found the Army not particularly interested in recruiting a boy.
The commander of the 3rd Ohio Regiment told him he “wasn't enlisting infants just yet,” and sent him home. Johnny, then headed to the 22nd Michigan Regiment nearby.
Determined, Johnny tagged along and demonstrated his skill as a drummer boy so professionally the commander allowed him to stay with the regiment.
At the same time, a fourteen-year-old boy joined the Union Army in late 1861, Company D, 8th Regiment, Indiana Volunteers. What he fought for was “to free the blacks” and “save the Union.”
His name was George Preston Nock. He was my Great-Grandfather.
Their willingness to make the ultimate sacrifice is why this nation is what it is today. It’s why we’ve become an Ensign of Liberty to the world, that Shining City on A Hill that President Reagan spoke of so reverently.
These two related, true stories that overlap—representing so many heroes, as well—show us why we remember Veterans Day this November.
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I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
50 - THE GREAT ESCAPE FROM LIBBY PRISON | Lt. Jacob Merritt (Union Prisoner) | Civil War
49 - THE SPY CONFEDERATES NEVER SUSPECTED… | Elizabeth “Crazy Bet” Van Lew (Union Spy) | Civil War
44 - INSPIRING THE AMERICAN SOUNDTRACK | Stephen Foster (Composer) | Civil War
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Veterans Day / Civil War / Drummer Boy / Shiloh / Chickamauga / Libby Prison / Union / Confederate States / Virginia / Richmond / Slavery / United States / Union Army / Abolition / Emancipation
Wednesday Nov 05, 2025
Wednesday Nov 05, 2025
As an orphan in the 1930s, Francis (Frank) Sherman Currey often stared across the Hudson River at the US Military Academy at West Point standing high on the hills overlooking the river.
As he watched the men march, he longed to join with them, to be accepted into this prestigious institution. Still, he knew that because of his poor, disadvantaged life, such a dream could never be achieved.
But this was no ordinary boy. Francis (Frank) Currey would not let his poverty and lack of education deter him from serving his country, especially when America was attacked in World War II.
Joining the Army, Frank soon found himself in Europe with the 30th Infantry Division and facing the full might of Nazi Germany in the Battle of the Bulge.
The men of Frank’s platoon fully expected to be annihilated by the large, advancing German 1st SS Panzer Division. But in the heat of battle Sergeant Frank Currey refused to retreat but did what he had to in order to survive.
This orphaned kid from New York gathered his weapons, and moving quickly, did what no one thought possible…
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I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
50 - THE GREAT ESCAPE FROM LIBBY PRISON | Lt. Jacob Merritt (Union Prisoner) | Civil War
24 - YOUNGEST U.S. OFFICER IN WW2... OUTNUMBERED BY NAZIS?! | Lt. Lyle Bouck (Army) | WWII
20 - TAKING ON THE GERMAN AIR FORCE... *ALONE* | Major James Howard (US Air Force) | WWII
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Medal of Honor / Orphan / West Point / Veteran Hospital Volunteer / Battle of the Bulge / Browning Automatic Rifle / Standing Alone / World War II / Malmedy Belgium / 30th Infantry Division / Germany
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Wednesday Oct 29, 2025
Crouched deep underground within the bowels of the massive building, inhaling putrid air without complaint, and in the meager light of a single candle, the Union prisoners worked with a purpose.
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Among them was LIEUTENANT JACOB MERRITT, just twenty-three-years-old.
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Jacob lay on his belly in the cramped tunnel, chipping at the earthen wall, the opening just twenty inches wide. The tunnel began in the new kitchen.
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The prisoners moved the stove and dislodging select bricks allowing access inside the chimney providing access below to the old, sealed off kitchen in the basement. But this was also known as “Rat Hell.”
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Inch by painful inch, the tunnel grew longer. From the digging, Jacob’s hands blistered, his fingernails split.
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Digging without his clothes (to keep any sign of dirt from them) the aggressive rats plagued him, biting his bare skin, running over his legs, back, even his hair.
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But his passion to escape drove him forward…
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I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
49 - THE SPY CONFEDERATES NEVER SUSPECTED… | Elizabeth “Crazy Bet” Van Lew (Union Spy) | Civil War
40 - 3 MUST-SEE MOVIES FOR SEEKERS OF TRUTH | WWII, Civil War, Vietnam War
22 - ALLURING AMERICAN ACTRESS... AND UNION SPY?! | Pauline Cushman | Civil War
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CIVIL WAR / VIRGINIA / UNION / CONFEDERATE STATES / RICHMOND / LIBBY PRISON / FREEDOM / ESCAPE / TUNNELING / RAT HELL / ELIZABETH VAN LEW / JACOB MERRITT / AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM
Wednesday Oct 22, 2025
Wednesday Oct 22, 2025
Elizabeth Van Lew was determined Richmond would fall, the sooner the better.
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Beneath her basket of groceries were secret Union dispatches written skillfully in invisible ink, folded innocuously like bookmarks between sheets of household shopping accounts.
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Two Confederate soldiers strolled past, rifles slung lazily across their shoulders.
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The soldiers tipped their hats and moved on, unsuspecting that the well-known local woman known as “Crazy Bet,” was in fact one of President Lincoln’s most devastating spies.
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Who was this daring woman who fully understood she would be immediately hung if caught as a spy for the North?
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But Elizabeth Van Lew viewed the Confederate rebellion as an abomination, an affront to the sacrifice of America’s Founding Fathers, men and women who gave their lives establishing a God-centered, free republic.
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So, when starving Union prisoners began to fill Richmond’s disease-infested Libby Prison to overflowing, she knew what she had to do...
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I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.
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OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:
48 - "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY... AND HE IS OURS!" | Oliver Hazard Perry (U.S. Navy Commander) | War of 1812
30 - THE AMERICAN SUPERSPY | Virginia Hall "The Limping Lady" (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII
22 - ALLURING AMERICAN ACTRESS... AND UNION SPY?! | Pauline Cushman | Civil War
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ELIZABETH VAN LEW / CIVIL WAR / SLAVERY / FREEDOM / LIBBY PRISON / SPY / TRADECRAFT / GREAT ESCAPE / MARY BOWSER / RICHMOND / WAR BETWEEN THE STATES / UNION / CONFEDERACY / 1864