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At the beginning of World War I, a network of civilians in German occupied Belgium began hiding British and French soldiers and guiding them toward neutral Holland.   But they needed help. Someone they could trust.   Edith Cavell volunteered because that’s who she was.   Her nursing school in Brussels became more than a hospital. Secretly she hid British and French soldiers in her attic, cellar, and spare rooms.   She provided civilian clothing, food, and medicine. She coordinated with the Resistance to guide these escaping soldiers into neutral Holland under cover of darkness.   Of course, it was dangerous work.   The German military threatened to punish those helping escaping enemy soldiers, decreeing that anyone assisting fugitives would be executed as a traitor.   Still Edith continued to help the underground, a responsibility she took most seriously.   Over a year’s time, she helped save more than 200 Allied soldiers to escape to England, to home and freedom.   But each knock on the door she knew could be her last…   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 30 - THE AMERICAN SUPERSPY | Virginia Hall "The Limping Lady" (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII 28 - SHE SAVED HUNDREDS...WITH GOD'S HELP | Harriet Tubman (Abolitionist) | Underground Railroad/Civil War 12 - THE CHRISTIAN WHO FOUGHT LIKE A LION | Sgt. Alvin York (American Soldier) | WWI   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Espionage / World War I / Nurses / Rescuing Prisoners / Britain / Germany / Belgium

In August 1776, General George Washington’s army faced annihilation at the Battle of Long Island.   British General William Howe executed a brilliant flanking maneuver, trapping the inexperienced American forces against the East River.   The fate of the Revolution hung by a thread.   Standing in the path of thousands of advancing British and Hessian troops was the First Maryland Regiment, fewer than 400 mostly young men.   They launched a series of desperate bayonet charges delaying the enemy. Again and again, six times in all, they advanced into overwhelming enemy fire.   Nearly all were killed, but their sacrifice bought precious time for General Washington.   Their stand allowed thousands of American troops to escape to Brooklyn Heights. Under cover of a rare and providential fog, Washington successfully evacuated his entire army across the river.   Though they did not win the battle, the Marylanders saved the army, and with it, the Revolution.   Like the Spartans of old, their courage and sacrifice preserved the cause of liberty, ensuring America’s fight for independence would continue.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 06 - THE SLAVE WHO HELPED SAVE AMERICA | James Armistead Lafayette (American Spy) | Revolutionary War 23 - THE FEARLESS "WAR WOMAN" | Nancy Hart (Patriot) | Revolutionary War 60 - THE BATTLE FOR WAKE ISLAND: AMERICA’S SECOND ALAMO | U.S. Marines | WWII     ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Revolutionary War / Major Mordecai Gist / Washington / Battle of New York / Saving the Revolution / American Continental Army

President and General Andrew Jackson was many things to many people.   Most of all he was a man of boundless energy who captured the presidency despite being the consummate Washington outsider.   He was one of history’s greatest generals, winning a victory at the Battle of New Orleans (against all odds) that most fail to realize likely saved the interior of the country from continued British encroachment, linking the heartland and the far west with British holdings in Canada.   Many tried to kill the man. He survived at least one assassination attempt while in office, and he did it in a miraculous way.   His wife was rejected by the leading women of Washington as a “loose woman,” labeled “low status” by the elite.   While generally disrespected by the wealthy, he saved the country from Civil War in the 1830s and corrected the American banking system.   And finally, he left Washington at the end of his presidency with only $100 in his pocket refusing to use his position of power to enrich himself and his cronies...   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   29 - ROMANCING THE REVOLUTION | Abigail & John Adams | Revolutionary War 41 - AMERICA'S FATHERLESS, ORPHANED HERO | Alexander Hamilton (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War 48 - "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY... AND HE IS OURS!" | Oliver Hazard Perry (U.S. Navy Commander) | War of 1812     ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   War of 1812 / Battle of New Orleans / Revolutionary War / 7th President / Indian Relocation Act / Dueling / Populist / Man of the People / General Andrew Jackson

It is hard to understand the true nature of the sacrifice of the Alamo in American and Texas history without looking at the life and service of one of its stalwart defenders.   His name, James Butler Bonham, truly one of the least known, yet most devoted soldiers who fought to the death defending the eleven women and nine children who were also in the Alamo that fateful day of March 6, 1836.   Lieutenant Bonham was young with his whole life ahead of him. But when given the chance to flee to safety and to avoid the final slaughter, he chose to return to the fort and stand with its defenders.   He called them his brothers, and the example he set for us today is as worthy as any we might look to in the history of this illustrious nation.   James Bonham’s actions testify that the freedoms we often take for granted today are never free and never have been.   Someone has paid…and paid dearly.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   38 - THE ALAMO'S DIVINE SECRET | The Battle of the Alamo | 1836 64 - FACING THE GREAT UNKNOWN... AND SMILING | Kit Carson (Mountain Man) | Civil War & Rocky Mountain West 48 - "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY... AND HE IS OURS!" | Oliver Hazard Perry (U.S. Navy Commander) | War of 1812     ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   The Alamo / Texas Independence / 190 Year Anniversary / Mexican Army / Santa Anna / Davy Crockett / Sam Houston / Jim Bowie / William Travis

Word spread through the town in minutes.   A young unknown woman had just challenged the famous marksman Frank Butler to a shooting contest. Frank was a shootist who had never lost a rifle match.   Facing him stood a shy young woman. She wore a plain, homespun dress and held an old, worn-out rifle.   Some in the crowd laughed out loud, mocking the girl.   But when the shooting began the laughter died.   One target after another. Clay pigeons, tossed coins, soda bottles, it didn’t matter. The young woman’s rifle cracked with precision. Shot after shot struck true, right out of the air, not a single miss!   When the contest ended, the famous Frank Butler had missed just one target. But the girl hit them all perfectly!   The crowd erupted, swarming around her, demanding her name. She just smiled politely saying nothing. It was Frank Butler who answered them.   “The girl’s name is Annie Oakley,” he said. “I expect you’ll remember that!”   Right there launched one of the most remarkable careers in history, a young woman who would be known by kings, queens, and presidents.   But that wasn’t what was important to her. What was made Annie Oakley worth remembering…   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   67 - TAMING THE DARK AND BLOODY GROUND | Daniel Boone (Frontiersman) | Revolutionary War 38 - THE ALAMO'S DIVINE SECRET | The Battle of the Alamo | 1836 08 - TWO KIDNAPPED GIRLS WHO CHANGED HISTORY | Sacajawea & Sally (Shoshoni Explorers) | American West     ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Wild West / Buffalo Bill Cody / Frank Butler / The Shootist

In Middle Eastern lands, lands where my wife and I spent part of our lives, we watched humble shepherds, local herders running their sheep near our villa for the grass that grew there in the winter and spring months.   I talked with several. They were strong, but humble men. They had few, if any, resources to fall back on.   God was their protector. And they called upon Him regularly. And their children, and their sheep, were to be preserved at all costs.   Truly, they were good shepherds.   From this cultural backdrop, Jesus ministered to the world.   The love the Savior holds for each of us proven by shouldering the seemingly impossible pain, sacrifice, and the eternal burden of human sin which encompasses the Infinite Atonement, in Gethsemane, on the Cross at Calvary, and three days buried in the Tomb.   As his beloved “lambs,” the Lord knows each of us by name. He carries each one of us in his arms and in his heart, especially those who may feel unworthy, alone, or hopelessly lost.   My friends, please know during this Easter Season that the Good Shepherd lives. He loves us. I testify that he will never, ever, abandon us.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   63 - THE YOUNG MOTHER SACRIFICED FOR CHRIST | Vibia Perpetua (Noblewoman & Christian Convert) | Roman Empire 61 - STANDING FIRM WHEN OTHERS BOW TO TYRANNY | "Steven the Great" | Age of Discovery 21 - OUR HERO WHO WAS "PRONE TO WANDER" | Robert Robinson (Pastor/Hymnist) | 1700s   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Easter / The Savior / Resurrection / Sacrifice / Christianity / Birth of Christ

The young soldier jerked upright on his cot, another wave of violent pain tore through him.   Outside, the distant thunder of artillery. But inside conditions were as lethal as the battlefield, more soldiers dying from infection and disease than from enemy bullets.   Again, the young soldier called out: “Please… someone…water.”   The soldier lay back. In his moment of hopelessness, the faint glow of an oil lamp appeared.   Coming closer it revealed the compassionate face of a tall, determined woman. She lifted a cup of clean water to his lips.   “Easy now,” she said softly.   The soldier stared in disbelief. Such a beautiful woman, and here in this horrible place?   “What…what is your name?” he whispered to her.   She gave him a reassuring smile. “My name is Florence. Florence Nightingale. Rest now.”   But this wasn’t just any nurse. She was a miracle worker making the needed changes to turn the military hospital from a place where men went to die to a place of healing.   She studied the newly revealed germ theory. Hospitals across Europe and America adopted her system.   Today nurses around the globe still carry the spirit of this heroic woman into every long and challenging shift.   Thank you, Florence Nightingale, the Angel with the lamp.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   01 - THE MOST DECORATED WOMAN IN U.S. MILITARY HISTORY?! | Major Ruby Bradley (Army Nurse) | WWII 07 - DID YOU KNOW *THIS* ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN PATRIOT?! | Betty White (Army & Actress) | WWII to 2021 34 - THE DAY AN ANGEL APPEARED IN THE WHITE HOUSE | Rebecca Pomroy (Army Nurse) | Civil War     ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Nursing / Germ Theory / Changing Hospital Management / Crimean War / Great Britain / Innovation

Sunlight poured through the windows of the crowded church as hundreds of Americans sat in uneasy silence. The Angel of Death hung over Boston.   For just off the American coastline, a massive French armada was rushing to attack them.   Warships. Troop transports. Thousands of soldiers bent on revenge, pillage, and plunder, to burn Boston to the ground.   Inside the Old South Meetinghouse, at the pulpit stood Thomas Prince. His voice rose in prayer, a prayer that would echo down through history…   “Deliver us from the enemy… Send Thy tempest, O Lord, upon the waters… Scatter the ships of our tormentors.”   With them that day was an eleven-year-old boy. His name, John Adams. What he witnessed would launch him through the dark years later on of the American Revolution, knowing the cause of America was more than his alone.   It was God’s...   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   42 - A PRAYER TO SAVE AMERICA | Benjamin Franklin (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War 29 - ROMANCING THE REVOLUTION | Abigail & John Adams | Revolutionary War 21 - OUR HERO WHO WAS "PRONE TO WANDER" | Robert Robinson (Pastor/Hymnist) | 1700s     ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   American Colonies / John Adams / French Invasion / Boston / Divine Intervention / American Miracle

Patrick could not forget his miraculous vision commanding him to return.   He could hear the voices of the Irish people pleading with him to bring them Christ’s word. But Patrick knew his former slave masters were without mercy.   They would kill him on sight.   He could have ignored the visions. Almost any other person in his circumstance would have.   Instead, he returned. But not with an army. Alone, with only an inspired message from God specially tailored to the people of Ireland.   St. Patrick was a true disciple, a man who came back not for revenge, but to forgive his slave masters to their faces.   More so, to bring them the Gospel of Jesus Christ.   Adding to St. Patrick’s divine missionary goal, we also witness, at this early date in history (AD 432), the first abolitionist determined to put an end to slavery.   And the world would never be the same again.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   65 - WHEN MARRIAGE WAS PUNISHABLE BY DEATH | Saint Valentine (Priest) | 3rd Century AD 63 - THE YOUNG MOTHER SACRIFICED FOR CHRIST | Vibia Perpetua (Noblewoman & Christian Convert) | Roman Empire 56 - HISTORY'S GREATEST KNIGHT | William Marshal ("The Peacemaker") | The Middle Ages   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Christianity / Ending Slavery / Ireland / Forgiveness / Charity / Early Middle Ages / Missionaries / the Shamrock / The First Abolitionist / Pirates

“Give me liberty or give me death!” So said Patrick Henry to a divided America, fearful of standing for independence.   But stand they did.   250 years ago this year, a small group of seemingly ordinary men did something extraordinary. They signed their names to the Declaration of Independence…risking everything!   “Their lives. Their fortunes. Their sacred honor.”   And they didn’t do it for fame or glory.   They did it for you.   Today in 2026 that promise miraculously lives on. But it could easily die if not nurtured, fought for, but most of all, taught to our children and grandchildren!   In the iconic words of President Ronald Reagan: “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”   Let us honor our heroes by making ourselves worthy of what they so freely gave us. For without them, we would not recognize our world today. Without them, you would not recognize yourself!   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   33 - THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE MOST WORTHY AND JUSTIFIED IN HISTORY | *4th of July Special* 55 - THE WORDS THAT FIRED A REVOLUTION | Patrick Henry (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War 10 - DID THEY JUST SIGN THEIR OWN DEATH SENTENCE?? | The Founding Fathers | Revolutionary War   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Heroes For Freedom / Revolutionary War / Founding Fathers / Liberty / Teaching Our Children / Fighting Tyranny / Sons of Liberty / Daughters of the Revolution

In 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, Daniel Boone was captured by the Shawnee Indians.   Though a prisoner, he studied their language. When he learned of an impending attack on Boonesborough that was encouraged, supplied, and paid for by the British, he escaped the Shawnee village.   Running 160 miles in five days, he warned the settlement.   The siege that followed was one of Daniel Boone’s finest hours. Heavily outnumbered and low on food and supplies, Boone led the defense of the fort with calm and capable resolve.   The settlers held out until the Shawnee attackers, and their British advisors, withdrew. Boonesborough survived, and Boone’s reputation soared.   Yet fame did not bring him fortune. The unscrupulous took advantage of him. He always believed a handshake should be good enough.   He would, however, end up surrendering his claims to unscrupulous lawyers and move farther west. In Daniel Boone’s mind, there was always more land, a God-given blessing just waiting to be won.   Still, his incredible legacy remains, changing the course of American history...   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   64 - FACING THE GREAT UNKNOWN... AND SMILING | Kit Carson (Mountain Man) | Civil War & Rocky Mountain West 48 - "WE HAVE MET THE ENEMY... AND HE IS OURS!" | Oliver Hazard Perry (U.S. Navy Commander) | War of 1812 08 - TWO KIDNAPPED GIRLS WHO CHANGED HISTORY | Sacajawea & Sally (Shoshoni Explorers) | American West   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Frontier / Trailblazer / Warrior / French and Indian War / Revolutionary War / War of 1812 / Explorer / Settlement Builder / Sharpshooter / Hunter / Kentucky

Private Audie Murphy, just over five feet tall and 17-years-old, would become the most decorated American soldier of World War II.   But his war record of unbelievable courage and fighting skill did not begin with the war. It began with family hardship and personal tragedy.   His courage came from a deeply personal place. He simply refused to abandon those who depended on him.   His list of battlefield heroics reads like a movie…or a myth.   By war’s end, now First Lieutenant Audie Murphy had earned every single U.S. combat award for valor. Several of them multiple times. He was wounded more than three times.   At war’s end, now a hardened veteran, he was just twenty years old…not old enough to vote or drink!   But America hailed him a hero. His photo filled the newspapers. And, of course, Hollywood came calling.   But though it was officially over, the war did not so easily end within his heart and soul…   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   62 - "THE GHOST" WHO REFUSED TO DIE | Lt. Matt Urban (US Army) | WWII 30 - THE AMERICAN SUPERSPY | Virginia Hall "The Limping Lady" (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII 18 - DO YOU KNOW THIS GREAT AMERICAN HERO?? | Charles Buchinsky (Actor & Air Force Gunner) | WWII to 2003   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   U.S. Army / Famous Actor / War Hero / War in Europe / Orphan / Most Decorated Hero of World War II / Veterans’ Rights Advocate

The iron door slammed shut with a dull thud. The torchlight wavered as the Roman guards stepped back from the cell.   Inside, kneeling on cold stone was a man who was scourged, blood dripping from his torn back. Shackles bit into his wrists and ankles. He awaited the executioner’s heavy sword.   Issuing from the Emperor’s palace the “justice” of Rome—proud, powerful, pitiless—had determined the man’s fate before he could say a word in his own defense.   What’s worse, his crime was not treason, theft, or violence.   It was love.   The Latin name of the man Caesar was putting to death was Valenteenus. We know him today as Saint Valentine.   His rebellion nearly 2,000 years ago against Rome’s edict outlawing marriages among all men of military age stands as an example particularly valid today.   And the why makes Valentine’s Day all that more important…   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:     63 - THE YOUNG MOTHER SACRIFICED FOR CHRIST | Vibia Perpetua (Noblewoman & Christian Convert) | Roman Empire 56 - HISTORY'S GREATEST KNIGHT | William Marshal ("The Peacemaker") | The Middle Ages 47 - THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS WHO SAVED OUR WORLD | Sir Isaac Newton + More | The Enlightenment   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Valentines Day / Christianity / Christian History / Rome / Caesar / Soldiers / Marriage / Love

It’s hard to find an American frontiersman with greater skill than Kit Carson.   He left home as a young teen. By his early twenties, he was already a seasoned, well-known, mountain man. He spoke Ute, Shoshoni, Navajo, Apache, Comanche, Cheyenne, Arapaho, Paiute, as well as fluent in Spanish.   During the Mexican War, Carson famously snuck through enemy lines running 30 miles barefoot to get help. He earned a well-deserved reputation for calm bravery under fire.   Later, during the Civil War, Carson served as a Union officer in the New Mexico Territory, leading campaigns against hostile tribes to protect the civilian population.   At the Battle of Adobe Walls against a massive force of up to 3,000 Comanche and Kiowa warriors, Carson, with only 400 men, was able to repel the enemy and conduct a strategic retreat saving nearly all his men from what most thought would be a certain massacre.   Kit Carson remains a controversial American hero. In this episode we reveal why…   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   50 - THE GREAT ESCAPE FROM LIBBY PRISON | Lt. Jacob Merritt (Union Prisoner) | Civil War 38 - THE ALAMO'S DIVINE SECRET | The Battle of the Alamo | 1836 08 - TWO KIDNAPPED GIRLS WHO CHANGED HISTORY | Sacajawea & Sally (Shoshoni Explorers) | American West   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Mountain man / the Rocky Mountains / Trapper / Trailblazer / Guide / Soldier / the Mexican War / The Civil War / Opening the West / Explorer / John C. Fremont / the Navajo / the Comanche / Ute / Shoshoni

On the day of their execution, Vibia and Felicity were led into the arena.   Vibia was forced to wear a pagan costume, one that a priestess-prostitute in the pagan temples would wear. She tore the pagan robes off her body declaring she had come freely in the name of her Lord and God.   Then, the gates were opened. An enraged, tormented cow charged them.   Vibia Perpetua, trying to protect Felicity, was hurled into the air, landing violently on her back. She rolled to her knees and gathered her clothing around her trying to preserve her modesty.   Bleeding and shaken, she stood once more, still protecting Felicity.   The crowd was touched by Vibia’s courage. Just moments before they were a screaming mob with blood in their eyes. Now they stood to honor her, many with tears on their cheeks.   To the last, Vibia Perpetua demonstrated her determination to stand for her faith, for truth, no matter the consequences.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   61 - STANDING FIRM WHEN OTHERS BOW TO TYRANNY | "Steven the Great" | Age of Discovery 27 - "THE HAMMER" WHO SAVED CHRISTIANITY | Charles Martel ("Knights of Our Lord" Leader) | 700s A.D. 08 - TWO KIDNAPPED GIRLS WHO CHANGED HISTORY | Sacajawea & Sally (Shoshoni Explorers) | American West   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Christianity / Young Mother / Rome / Testimony of Christ / Early Third Century / Carthage / Gladiators / The Arena / Condemnation by Beasts /Missionaries

Though wounded, Lieutenant Matt Urban forced himself to stand.   German machine-gun fire tore at the ground around him. His men were pinned down. A tank lurched forward in a grinding whine, its guns swiveling at them, hunting targets. Matt ignored the pain and the blood spreading on his side, snatching up a bazooka.   He dropped to one knee, sighted and fired. The rocket sizzled on its deadly path, the tank bursting into flames, the shape-charge boring a neat, glowing hole through four inches of hardened steel. Matt rallied his men, pulling wounded soldiers to safety.   Then he was hit again. Beyond what seemed humanly possible, he fought on for three more days until his body finally gave out.   The kind of courage Matt Urban showed against impossible odds was something his superiors had a hard time explaining, or the enemy accepting. But in Matt’s case, it was just who he was, accomplishing what witnesses that day could not believe…   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE:   51 - THE ORPHAN WHO LONGED FOR WEST POINT | Sgt. Francis Currey (Army) | WWII 18 - DO YOU KNOW THIS GREAT AMERICAN HERO?? | Charles Buchinsky (Actor & Air Force Gunner) | WWII to 2003 01 - THE MOST DECORATED WOMAN IN U.S. MILITARY HISTORY?! | Major Ruby Bradley (Army Nurse) | WWII   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Heroism / World War II / Battle of the Bulge / France / D-Day / Medal of Honor

Across the muddy plain the thunder of Ottoman drums rolled like an approaching storm.   The mightiest empire on earth did not come to negotiate. They came north to conquer and enslave.   100,000 of the Turkish Sultan’s best troops would attack the Christians at Vaslui in the heart of Moldavia. A decisive moment in Christian history.   Standing in opposition to the Sultan’s army was one man—Stephen III of Moldavia.   He was not tall, not wealthy, a humble man who loved his people. For Stephen possessed a rare trait. He embraced a powerful faith in Christ that refused to bow a knee to tyranny or let the world’s greedy despots enslave his people.   For more than four critical decades in the 15th century, Stephen stood as a living bulwark between Ottoman expansion and the salvation of Christian Europe.   More so to us today, the lessons he taught are precisely what we must learn…before it’s too late.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 56 - HISTORY'S GREATEST KNIGHT | William Marshal ("The Peacemaker") | The Middle Ages 27 - "THE HAMMER" WHO SAVED CHRISTIANITY | Charles Martel ("Knights of Our Lord" Leader) | 700s A.D. 13 - THE SAINT WHO INVADED THE D.C. SWAMP | Mother Teresa (Missionaries of Charity) | 1994   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Christianity / Saint Stephen / Muslim Expansion / Ottoman Invasion / Battle of Vaslui / Moldavia / The Balkans / Tyranny / Plunder / Slavery / Honor / Faith / Sacrifice / Duty

The Japanese high command assumed Wake Island would fall easily. On December 11, a Japanese invasion force steamed confidently toward the island. They expected the Americans to surrender without a fight.   That’s not what happened.   In December 1941, when America reeled from the Pearl Harbor defeat and one defeat after another across the Pacific, the Battle for Wake Island by this handful of courageous Americans stood as a victory every American could look to for inspiration.   “Remember Wake Island” became the cry of the American people in much the same way that “Remember the Alamo” had been shouted by soldiers under the command of General Sam Houston a century earlier.   And America remembered. What Wake Island told the world was unmistakable:   Though America was betrayed and wounded by their Japanese enemy, it was not beaten. And through sheer force of grit and raw courage, America would go on to victory.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 53 - THE QUIET GENIUS WHO CRACKED JAPAN'S SECRETS | Capt. Joseph Rochefort (Cryptographer) | WWII 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   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   World War II / Japanese / US Marines / American Contractors / Morrison Knudsen / Hammerin’ Hank Elrod / Pearl Harbor / Alamo / American POWs / Grumman F4F Wildcat Fighter / Major James Devereux 

The most defining moment in World War II.   The surrounded and trapped 101st Airborne Division in the Belgian town of Bastogne was about to be slaughtered by a massive German Army during the Battle of the Bulge.   But that was something General George Patton would not allow.   Virtually overnight he pulled his 3rd Army out of heavy fighting in the south, in France, and raced with his tanks northward 100 miles, slugging it out with the German Army.   But could he reach and rescue the men of the American 101st Airborne in time…?   Patton was perhaps America’s most capable general. Though politically incorrect, in war he was always prepared and absolutely fearless. In moments when nations tremble and armies falter, Patton was the kind of leader every country hopes they have on their side.   Because of heroes like General George S. Patton, such a capable protector, America’s freedom was defended and preserved.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 58- SEEKING ULTIMATE TRUTH: THE THREE WISE MEN *A Christmas Special* 51 - THE ORPHAN WHO LONGED FOR WEST POINT | Sgt. Francis Currey (Army) | WWII 30 - THE AMERICAN SUPERSPY | Virginia Hall "The Limping Lady" (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   George Patton / World War II / US Army / Europe / Battle of the Bulge / Ardennes Forest / America’s Iconic General / Defeating the Germans / Politically Incorrect Leader

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.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   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*   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube

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.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   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   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   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

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.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   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   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   William Marshal / A Knight’s Tale / England / Chivalry / Jousting / Knights / Freedom / The Magna Carta / King Henry / King Richard / King John / The Tournament / Heath Ledger

"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.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   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   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   American Revolutionary War / Richmond Virginia / St. John’s Church / Virginia Assembly / Liberty or Death / George Washington / Thomas Jefferson / Great Britain

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.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   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   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Thanksgiving / Pilgrims / Mayflower / Plymouth / William Bradford / Squanto / Pawtuxet / Massasoit / Plymouth Charter / America / Freedom / Liberty / The Covenant / United States / The Bible / Israel

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.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   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   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   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

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. . I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   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   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Veterans Day / Civil War / Drummer Boy / Shiloh / Chickamauga / Libby Prison / Union / Confederate States / Virginia / Richmond / Slavery / United States / Union Army / Abolition / Emancipation

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… . I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   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   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   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

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. . Among them was LIEUTENANT JACOB MERRITT, just twenty-three-years-old. . 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. . 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.” . Inch by painful inch, the tunnel grew longer. From the digging, Jacob’s hands blistered, his fingernails split. . 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. . But his passion to escape drove him forward… . I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   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   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   CIVIL WAR / VIRGINIA / UNION / CONFEDERATE STATES / RICHMOND / LIBBY PRISON / FREEDOM / ESCAPE / TUNNELING / RAT HELL / ELIZABETH VAN LEW / JACOB MERRITT / AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM

Elizabeth Van Lew was determined Richmond would fall, the sooner the better. . Beneath her basket of groceries were secret Union dispatches written skillfully in invisible ink, folded innocuously like bookmarks between sheets of household shopping accounts. . Two Confederate soldiers strolled past, rifles slung lazily across their shoulders. . 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. . Who was this daring woman who fully understood she would be immediately hung if caught as a spy for the North? . 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. . So, when starving Union prisoners began to fill Richmond’s disease-infested Libby Prison to overflowing, she knew what she had to do... . I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   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     ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   ELIZABETH VAN LEW / CIVIL WAR / SLAVERY / FREEDOM / LIBBY PRISON / SPY / TRADECRAFT / GREAT ESCAPE / MARY BOWSER / RICHMOND / WAR BETWEEN THE STATES / UNION / CONFEDERACY / 1864

Morning of September 10, 1813. The British naval squadron under Commander Robert Harriet Barclay, advanced with the confidence and skill of the world’s most powerful navy.   Facing them that day was a young American naval officer just *27-years-old*... Oliver Hazard Perry.   As the two fleets closed distance near Put-In-Bay, Ohio, Commander Perry’s men braced themselves.   Most were farmers and frontiersmen. Many were boys. Almost all had never seen naval combat. Some were freed African American slaves.   Perry had barely a small cadre of ten experienced naval officers, not hardly enough to man his small fleet without volunteer help. Perry’s flagship, the USS Lawrence, bore the brunt of British fire. Masts splintered, rigging collapsed, and blood flowed on the deck.   Of Commander Perry’s crew totaling 103, nearly 80 were killed or wounded. The deck was a scene of bloody carnage. In such a hopeless situation, most commanders would have surrendered the fleet.   Instead, Commander Perry made a decision that would etch his name forever in the history of this great nation...   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 47 - THE CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS WHO SAVED OUR WORLD | Sir Isaac Newton + More | The Enlightenment 35 - WASHINGTON'S MIRACLE MAN (Part 1/3) | Col. John Glover (Marblehead Mariners Commander) | Revolutionary War 25 - THE HEROES WHO REBUILT OUR DESTROYED U.S. NAVY | Engineers & Rescue Divers (U.S. Navy) | WWII     ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Battle of Lake Erie / “Don’t Give Up the Ship” / War of 1812 / Naval Warfare / Courage / Fortitude / USS Lawrence / USS Niagara / Leadership

The Enlightenment is often painted as an age when cold science triumphed over devotion to God.   This message of today’s Secular-Progressive World is anything but true.   Many of the greatest minds of that age were men whose Christian faith shaped their scientific genius.   They did not see their work as dismantling God’s place in the cosmos but where the veil of creation was peeled back just enough for these men to glimpse the craftsmanship of the Creator.   For heaven’s sake, virtually all scientists of the “Enlightenment” or “Age of Discovery” were solid, practicing Christians. More so, a full 25 percent were clergy members!   Even today, 83 percent of Nobel Peace Prize recipients identify as Christian or come from Christian nations of the West.   For Newton, Boyle, Kepler, Pascal, Linnaeus, and Faraday, the research laboratory and the church were, in truth, identical. Each a house of worship where the glory of God and His love is revealed to bless a struggling world.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 46 - THE CHRISTIAN ("MORMON") BOY WHO STOOD AGAINST HITLER | Helmuth Hubener (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII 42 - A PRAYER TO SAVE AMERICA | Benjamin Franklin (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War 27 - "THE HAMMER" WHO SAVED CHRISTIANITY | Charles Martel ("Knights of Our Lord" Leader) | 700s A.D.     ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   SIR ISAAC NEWTON / ROBERT BOYLE / JOHANNES KEPLER / BLAISE PASCAL / CAROLUS LINNAEUS / MICHAEL FARADAY / CHRISTIANITY / CREATION / FAITH / RELIGION / SECULAR PROGRESSIVISM / JESUS CHRIST

Helmuth Gunther Hubener grew up in Germany during Hitler’s rise to power. Helmuth was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes called “Mormons.”   Helmuth could see that his beloved Germany was being destroyed systematically from within. He and his friends felt compelled to tell the people of Germany what was really going on.   So, with a borrowed typewriter, they produced short pamphlets and passed them out, warning everyone about the bad things the Nazi secret police and the military were doing. Even at a young age, Helmuth understood that the Nazis were an evil, racist, totalitarian movement bent on world domination.   But the Gestapo, the secret police, was on his trail and it was not likely he and his young friends could escape the terror rushing at them…   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 45 - SILENCING OUR MODERN ST. STEPHEN | Charlie Kirk (Political Activist) | 2025 30 - THE AMERICAN SUPERSPY | Virginia Hall (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII 11 - "STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE... EVEN IF YOU MUST STAND ALONE." | Teenager Sophie Scholl (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   HELMUTH HUBENER / WORLD WAR II / NAZIS / COURAGE / FAITH IN GOD / COUNTERING EVIL / LDS / MORMON / CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS / RESISTANCE / FIGHTING EVIL / FIGHTING PROPAGANDA

We admire Charlie Kirk. He sacrificed himself for his faith.   Two thousand years ago, shortly after the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, a young disciple by the name of Stephen, also spoke for truth and willingly gave his life for the faith.   Both Stephen and Charlie Kirk were young and exceptionally dedicated to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Both spoke truth in the public forum before all who would listen. And in the end, we know, both met violent deaths at the hands of those who passionately hated the truth.   Standing with Jerusalem’s leaders two millennia ago, as Stephen was executed, was a young man named Saul. Saul was struck by the sublime courage that Stephen exhibited. Saul became Paul, the greatest Christian missionary who ever lived.   I am certain that someone, perhaps many, who witnessed Charlie Kirk’s martyrdom will be inspired by the Spirit to help bring a new, and desperately needed, Christian revival to our struggling and divided world.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   (Image Credit: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0 httpscreativecommons.orglicensesby-sa4.0, via Wikimedia Commons)   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 44 - INSPIRING THE AMERICAN SOUNDTRACK | Stephen Foster (Composer) | Civil War 24 - YOUNGEST U.S. OFFICER IN WW2... OUTNUMBERED BY NAZIS?! | Lt. Lyle Bouck (Army) | WWII 11 - "STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE... EVEN IF YOU MUST STAND ALONE." | Teenager Sophie Scholl (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   CHARLIE KIRK / ST. STEPHEN / FREEDOM / FREE SPEECH / TERRORISM / ASSASSINATION / LIBERTY / GOSPEL OF JESUS / MARTYRS / MARTYRDOM / ISRAEL / AMERICA / BOOK OF ACTS / THE BIBLE

Stephen Collins Foster was the creator and author of what many call the American Soundtrack.   We were a young nation at the time, a divided nation, an angry nation. The tunes that escaped his troubled heart offered hope at a time when many thought the United States would fracture and fall.   His music captured America’s sorrows, but also its joys and beauties. His work revealed the mighty paradox in the American soul. One that, in the ancient words of Moses, “proclaimed liberty throughout the land” while nurturing the ugly institution of slavery.   As an avowed Abolitionist, Stephen Foster hoped his music would represent America’s black population sympathetically.   His melodies today remain iconic: Oh! Susanna, Camptown Races, My Old Kentucky Home, Beautiful Dreamer, Old Folks at Home, Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair, Hard Times Come Again No More, and hundreds more.   But behind his timeless assembly of Americana lurked a frail man haunted by inner demons, social turmoil, and deep personal tragedy.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 43 - CREATING AMERICA'S BATTLE HYMN | Julia Ward Howe (Poet/Abolitionist) | Civil War 39 - "THE LITTLE LADY WHO STARTED THIS GREAT WAR" | Harriet Beecher Stowe (Author) | Civil War 21 - OUR HERO WHO WAS "PRONE TO WANDER" | Robert Robinson (Pastor/Hymnist) | 1700s   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   AMERICAN MUSIC / AMERICANA / STEPHEN FOSTER / FATHER OF AMERICAN MUSIC / CIVIL WAR / SLAVERY / ABOLITION / KENTUCKY HOME

That night in Washington, D.C., towards dawn, Julia Ward Howe could not sleep, so she arose and sat at a nearby writing desk.   She related this pivotal event later:   “I awoke in the early morning twilight; and as I lay waiting for the dawn, the long lines of a poem began to twine themselves into my mind. Having thought out all the stanzas, I said to myself, ‘I must get up and write these verses down, lest I fall asleep again and forget them!’ So, I sprang out of bed and…scrawled the verses almost without looking at the paper.”   And The Battle Hymn of the Republic was born, which brought President Abraham Lincoln to tears.   And from its publication, the Northern Free States began to win.   More so, the Civil War, in the North, became a war to free all men from bondage…the power of a Godly anthem to inspire hearts and minds everywhere.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 42 - A PRAYER TO SAVE AMERICA | Benjamin Franklin (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War 39 - "THE LITTLE LADY WHO STARTED THIS GREAT WAR" | Harriet Beecher Stowe (Author) | Civil War 21 - OUR HERO WHO WAS "PRONE TO WANDER" | Robert Robinson (Pastor/Hymnist) | 1700s   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   CIVIL WAR / JULIA WARD HOWE / LINCOLN / UNION ARMY / AMERICAN ANTHEM / ABOLITIONIST / POET / MOTHER / INSPIRATION

That critical summer of 1787 the delegates to the Constitutional Convention were on the path to failing miserably.   For a month the delegates had argued over a forgettable list of ego-driven proposals, accomplishing nothing.   Benjamin Franklin spoke addressing the head of the Congress:   “I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that God governs in the affairs of men. …If a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable an empire can rise without His aid?   "We seem to be growing further apart as passions rise. There is too much at stake. I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of heaven…be held in this assembly every morning before we proceed to business...”   God answered that humble acknowledgement of the power of prayer. The Constitution of the United States was born.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 41 - AMERICA'S FATHERLESS, ORPHANED HERO | Alexander Hamilton (Founding Father) | Revolutionary War 29 - ROMANCING THE REVOLUTION | Abigail & John Adams | Revolutionary War 10 - DID THEY JUST SIGN THEIR OWN DEATH SENTENCE?? | The Founding Fathers | Revolutionary War   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube

The Battle of Yorktown raged.   A battle that would decide if the new, young United States of America would survive.   Our hero that day, (October 10, 1781), would lead a desperate assault on the British forward position known as Redoubt #10. In bloody hand-to-hand combat, he and his devoted men turned the tide of battle and won one of the greatest victories in American history.   His name was Alexander Hamilton. And odds were that he should have died alone and in despair on the disease-infested island where he was born.   But Alexander showed us that no matter how hopeless our circumstances appear, our future is in our hands. This was the legacy he wanted most to leave behind: That it’s up to each of us to determine what our future will bring.   That’s the miracle, and the Great American Dream of Alexander Hamilton.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 40 - 3 MUST-SEE MOVIES FOR SEEKERS OF TRUTH | WWII, Civil War, Vietnam War 35 - WASHINGTON'S MIRACLE MAN (Part 1/3) | Col. John Glover (Marblehead Mariners Commander) | Revolutionary War 23 - THE FEARLESS "WAR WOMAN" | Nancy Hart (Patriot) | Revolutionary War   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube

*MY 3 FAVORITE MOVIES FOR SEEKERS AFTER TRUTH* THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963): What impresses me most about The Great Escape are the many examples of resilience and loyalty shown by these desperate men. The Great Escape is the opportunity for modern, pampered, well-fed American audiences, people like myself, to see what The Greatest Generation accomplished under hopeless conditions. In my mind, you will not find a better true story about fortitude, self-sacrifice, and valor than The Great Escape.   LINCOLN (2012): This is the true story of how an exhausted and disrespected Lincoln musters the will to fight on and pass the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, showing his ability to accomplish what most thought impossible. Incredibly you feel yourself standing alongside this divinely inspired American hero President Lincoln. It’s a must-see.   FORREST GUMP (1994): The story of Forrest Gump, to me, is the quintessential story of faith, sacrifice, and courage under fire. It’s the story of unconditional love. It teaches about forgiveness and the power of goodness. It demonstrates masculine character too often ignored or denigrated today. Most of all it shows, if you pay attention, the very real difference between intelligence and wisdom—which are NOT the same thing, not even close.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!   OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 39 - "THE LITTLE LADY WHO STARTED THIS GREAT WAR" | Harriet Beecher Stowe (Author) | Civil War 18 - DO YOU KNOW THIS GREAT AMERICAN HERO?? | Charles Buchinsky (Actor & Air Force Gunner) | WWII to 2003 07 - DID YOU KNOW *THIS* ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN PATRIOT?! | Betty White (Army & Actress) | WWII to 2021   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   WWII / STEVE McQUEEN / CHARLES BRONSON / JAMES GARNER / PRISON CAMP / COURAGE / SELF-SACRIFICE / GRIT / ESCAPE / TUNNELING / LINCOLN / SLAVERY / 13TH AMENDMENT / TOMMY LEE JONES / CIVIL WAR / ABOLITION / EMANCIPATION / ASSASSINATION / FORREST GUMP / COURAGE / LOVE / LOYALTY / VIET NAM / ARMY / FATHERHOOD / KINDNESS / DIVINE HELP

President Abraham Lincoln, when meeting Harriet Beecher Stowe for the first time was reported to have said to her, with a twinkle in his eyes: “So you’re the little lady who started this great war.”   And she did, writing the first million-plus selling American novel—UNCLE TOM'S CABIN—about a kind and Christ-like slave named “Tom,” the novel showing graphically the brutalities of slavery during the harsh days of the Fugitive Slave Act, the years running up the American Civil War, a period that nearly saw the destruction of our country.   Our hero, Harriet Beecher Stowe and her novel had a powerful influence upon the conscience of America. The novel’s historical impact grabbed a sleeping nation and shook it awake, helping start a war that would not only unite America and make it stronger, but more so, end the institution of slavery once and for all.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!     OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 38 - THE ALAMO'S DIVINE SECRET | The Battle of the Alamo | 1836 28 - SHE SAVED HUNDREDS... | Harriet Tubman (Abolitionist) | Underground Railroad/Civil War 22 - ALLURING AMERICAN ACTRESS... AND UNION SPY?! | Pauline Cushman | Civil War   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube

Too often today the Alamo is depicted as a bunch of American white-supremacists who oppressed the local population, hoping to “steal Mexican lands.”   This is tiring, simplistic, and woefully unfair. History rewritten.   Settlers in Texas were promised freedom and independence by the Mexican Government. In the spring of 1836, those who fortified the Alamo against the dictator General Santa Anna were patriots, many born and raised in Texas, native sons. And they understood they might not survive yet willingly stayed and fought to the death.   The Alamo proves the point. Americans will die on their feet rather than live on their knees.   May we remember the Alamo for what it truly stood for—and stands for today. These were free men and women. Never shackled. Fighting to survive just one more day, struggling to subdue a harsh world and burying their children along the way.   Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness means everything to Texans as it does to all traditional Americans. It’s God-given. And it’s to die for.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   Mentioned in this episode: https://news.osu.edu/when-europeans-were-slaves--research-suggests-white-slavery-was-much-more-common-than-previously-believed/   **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!     OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 37 - WASHINGTON'S MIRACLE MAN (Part 3/3) | Col. John Glover (Marblehead Mariners Commander) | Revolutionary War 26 - IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT ANGELS... | *Near-Fatal Personal Experience* | 1950s 21 - OUR HERO WHO WAS "PRONE TO WANDER" | Robert Robinson (Pastor/Hymnist) | 1700s   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube

On the Pennsylvanian shore of the Delaware River, Washington conceived a desperate plan—to cross back over the river into New Jersey and attack a Hessian garrison of 1,200 men. The Hessians were German mercenaries fighting for the British.   Throughout that frigid night, Glover and his Marbleheaders rowed Washington’s Army across the ice-choked river, thought to be an impossible feat and attacked the Hessian Garrison, killing 100 and taking 900 Hessian soldiers as prisoners.   When the battle ended, General Washington turned to the doctor for his men, General Hugh Mercer, saying: “Hugh, we won a great victory today, but tell me…how many of my boys did I lose? How much did it cost?”   Dr. Mercer looked at his tired, aging commander, saying: “Sir, we didn’t lose any, only a few wounded.”   Washington dropped down on a nearby stool, saying softly: “Oh Lord, my God, another miracle for my little army.”   And there we have Miracle Number 3.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.     **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!     OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 36 - WASHINGTON'S MIRACLE MAN (Part 2/3) | Col. John Glover (Marblehead Mariners Commander) | Revolutionary War 29 - ROMANCING THE REVOLUTION | Abigail & John Adams | Revolutionary War 02 - "I REGRET THAT I HAVE BUT *ONE* LIFE TO LOSE FOR MY COUNTRY..." | Nathan Hale (American Spy) | Revolutionary War   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   George Washington / Revolutionary War / Continental Army / Tyranny / John Glover / Marbleheaders / Marblehead Mariners / Marblehead Boatmen / US Navy / British / British Regulars / General William Howe / Battle of New York / Battle of Trenton / Throgs Neck / Pell’s Point / Hessians / Delaware River

John Glover and his Marblehead Mariners, with seemingly impossible stealth, evacuated Washington’s entire army, all 9,000 men, across the East River onto Manhattan Island in nine hours during a single night!   How that happened became known as the Miracle of the Fog, for just as the British were preparing to attack, the river and shoreline were blanketed in a thick fog that “came out of nowhere” so that “men could not see ten feet ahead.”   By dawn, and then into midmorning, the mysterious fogbank suddenly disappeared, but not until every American and their weapons and equipment, were safely evacuated.   The British commander, General Howe, was at first disbelieving, then he seethed with frustration. He’d had Washington in his grasp, and just like that, he’d slipped away.   But to General Washington, he knew who to thank. For God had given him all they needed, the perfect cover Colonel Glover’s Marblehead Mariners would exploit the fullest.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.     **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!     OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 35 - WASHINGTON'S MIRACLE MAN (Part 1/3) | Col. John Glover (Marblehead Mariners Commander) | Revolutionary War 23 - THE FEARLESS "WAR WOMAN" | Nancy Hart (Patriot) | Revolutionary War 06 - THE SLAVE WHO HELPED SAVE AMERICA | James Armistead Lafayette (American Spy) | Revolutionary War   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   George Washington / Revolutionary War / Continental Army / Tyranny / John Glover / Marbleheaders / Marblehead Mariners / Marblehead Boatmen / US Navy / British / British Regulars / General William Howe / Battle of New York / Battle of Trenton / Throgs Neck / Pell’s Point / Hessians / Delaware River

John Glover and his Marblehead Mariners, with seemingly impossible stealth, evacuated Washington’s entire army, all 9,000 men, across the East River onto Manhattan Island in nine miraculous hours during a SINGLE night!   But it would never have happened without one often ignored event which I see as nothing short of divine intervention. For just as the British were preparing to attack, the river and shores were quickly blanketed in a thick fog that “men could not see ten feet ahead.”   At least two more miracles would follow that dark and deadly year of 1776. And in the midst of the fray was found Colonel John Glover, a blunt and plainspoken American who few people liked, but everyone respected.   Thank you, John Glover, for your sacrifice and determination to never place personal gain ahead of the creation and preservation of the most important Republic in history.   Your Legacy will live as long as there are voices free to tell your story and to proclaim your divinely guided victories.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.     **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!     OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 34 - THE DAY AN ANGEL APPEARED IN THE WHITE HOUSE | Rebecca Pomroy (Army Nurse) | Civil War 33 - THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE MOST WORTHY AND JUSTIFIED IN HISTORY | *4th of July Special* 32 - THE PURE SON OF LIBERTY | Thaddeus Kosciuszko (Military Engineer) | Revolutionary War   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   George Washington / Revolutionary War / Continental Army / Tyranny / John Glover / Marbleheaders / Marblehead Mariners / Marblehead Boatmen / US Navy / British / British Regulars / General William Howe / Battle of New York / Battle of Trenton / Throgs Neck / Pell’s Point / Hessians / Delaware River

Most Americans do not know that Abraham Lincoln, when elected president, went from “apostate to prophet” all in those critical four years of the Civil War.   And helping along his miraculous conversion was a humble, yet highly capable, Army nurse by the name of Rebecca Pomroy.   What she was able to accomplish with the Lincoln Family in the White House that dreadful winter of 1862 changed the course of history.   This is the often-ignored story of the genuine miracle a long-suffering Christian woman offered to Abraham and Mary Lincoln, a miracle “cure” for not only their son Tad, but also Mary and the President himself.   In the process she helped save the American Republic and emancipate America’s slaves, accomplishing what the pundits of the time thought could never be done!   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.     **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!     OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 33 - THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: THE MOST WORTHY AND JUSTIFIED IN HISTORY | *4th of July Special* 28 - THE AMERICAN MOSES GUIDED BY ANGELS | Harriet Tubman (Abolitionist) | Underground Railroad/Civil War 22 - ALLURING AMERICAN ACTRESS... AND UNION SPY?! | Pauline Cushman | Civil War   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   Abraham Lincoln / Civil War / Rebecca Pomroy / Emancipation Proclamation / Willy Lincoln / typhoid fever / Miracles / Christianity / The Bible

We have reached a milestone in America’s beloved past. The 249th and 250th year anniversary of this grand experiment in republicanism, in self-government, but mostly in individual freedom.   But, ironically, as of late, we are facing the gravest challenge we have ever faced. And the danger, tragically, is coming from within.   Now is the time to look beyond the propaganda and embrace the true history of American greatness, a nation where our Founders “offered their lives, their fortunes, their sacred honor” in the cause of liberty.   This was a gathering of men and women unlike any in history. I thank the Lord every day that such men and women were willing to step forward at great personal risk.   And as we celebrate 250 years from these sacred events, I hope and pray that we as a nation will be worthy of, and grateful for, their Divinely inspired sacrifice in our behalf.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.   REFERENCES MENTIONED IN EPISODE: https://time.com/6115140/george-iii-americas-last-king-tyrant/ https://www.wfla.com/news/national/gen-z-has-lowest-patriotic-sentiment-in-us-poll-shows/ https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/01/13/why-only-16-of-gen-z-are-proud-to-be-an-american-and-what-we-should-do-about-it/ https://www.historyonthenet.com/founding-fathers https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/how-codfish-started-the-american-revolution/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impressment     **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - 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 10 - DID THEY JUST SIGN THEIR OWN DEATH SENTENCE?? | The Founding Fathers | Revolutionary War   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   American Revolution / Founders / Founding Fathers / King George III / Causes of the Revolution / Individual Freedom / Intolerable Acts / Codfish / British Nepotism / Corruption / Lives, Fortune, Sacred Honor / 249-year anniversary / America / The United States

The massive British Army under the command of General John Burgoyne, was rushing to attack and destroy Washington’s Continental Army.   The Americans needed time to prepare.   And young Thaddeus with his unique skills would give the Americans that time.   Moving fast with his engineers and rangers, Thaddeus and his team cut trees in the path of the British, laid out traps and ambushes, built dams to flood the streams and rivers making the trails and roads ahead of the British Army impassable.   The British Army went from covering 60 miles per day to less than two! Bogged down, the powerful and proud British and Hessian forces suddenly found themselves the prey.   And at the ensuing Battle of Saratoga, the American Continental Army defeated the British soundly in the turning point in America’s War for Independence, much credited to a young immigrant to America who served without pay, fame, or glory.   His name was THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO one of the least known, yet critical American Patriots from our illustrious past. This is his story…   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.     **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!     OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 31 - AMERICAN MIRACLE AT LITTLE ROUND TOP | Joshua L. Chamberlain (Infantry Commander) | Civil War 23 - THE FEARLESS "WAR WOMAN" | Nancy Hart (Patriot) | Revolutionary War 06 - THE SLAVE WHO HELPED SAVE AMERICA | James Armistead Lafayette (American Spy) | Revolutionary War   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube

On a sweltering July day in 1863, the quiet town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania exploded!   This tiny hamlet became the center of the decisive battle for the world’s most pivotal nation locked passionately in its final death throes.   The clash between North and South would decide the fate not only of our nation, but by extension, the world.   It would be a horribly bloody three-days producing more than 51,000 casualties—mostly young men—husbands, sons, fathers, and brothers.   And on that critical day, an unknown professor from Maine—JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN—who was anything but a professional soldier—a bit spindly and way too intellectual—would etch his name into the annuals of freedom forever…   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.     **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!     OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 30 - THE AMERICAN SUPERSPY | Virginia Hall (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII 28 - THE AMERICAN MOSES GUIDED BY ANGELS | Harriet Tubman (Abolitionist) | Underground Railroad/Civil War 15 - FROM APOSTATE TO PROPHET | Abraham Lincoln | Civil War (Part ONE)   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   CIVIL WAR / JOSHUA LAWRENCE CHAMBERLAIN / REBELS / AMERICAN MIRACLES / GETTYSBURG / LITTLE ROUND TOP / SAVING AMERICA

“I will get my hands on that American woman and destroy her!”   This was the threat of Klaus Barbie, the local Gestapo chief, known as the “Butcher of Lyon.”   The powers of hell seemed to be gathering all around young Virginia Hall. She was simply out of time.   More so, thousands of young American Rangers would be soon landing on the beaches of Normandy. She and her resistance fighters must help prepare the way or thousands would die.   She and her men had to act immediately to cut railway lines, blow up bridges, change road signs, cut phonelines, all the while knowing that the German secret police, the infamous Gestapo, was closing in on her hiding place…   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.     **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!     OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 29 - ROMANCING THE REVOLUTION | Abigail & John Adams | Revolutionary War 20 - TAKING ON THE GERMAN AIR FORCE... *ALONE* | Major James Howard (US Air Force) | WWII 11 - "STAND UP FOR WHAT YOU BELIEVE... EVEN IF YOU MUST STAND ALONE." | Teenager Sophie Scholl (Anti-Nazi Resistance) | WWII   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube   WWII / CIA / OSS / GESTAPO / D-DAY / RESISTANCE FIGHTER

They loved each other for 54 years.   Even as Abigail lay on her deathbed, John sat by her holding her hand.   They had been through everything together—declaring independence from the most powerful empire on earth, the American Revolution, creating a great republic from a divided people, opposing slavery, representing the United States abroad, and then the American presidency.   Abigail and John were a team, perhaps the most important in the history of this country. And what they accomplished changed the course of history, not only for this land, but for the world.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.     **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!     OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 28 - THE AMERICAN MOSES GUIDED BY ANGELS | Harriet Tubman (Abolitionist) | Underground Railroad/Civil War 23 - THE FEARLESS "WAR WOMAN" | Nancy Hart (Patriot) | Revolutionary War 10 - DID THEY JUST SIGN THEIR OWN DEATH SENTENCE?? | The Founding Fathers | Revolutionary War   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube  

She made 19 highly risky trips back into the South to save hundreds...   During the Civil War she also scouted for the Union Army.   HARRIET TUBMAN is a well-known American hero who risked her life to help escaping slaves.    What is not known about her was what drove her fervently, a passion that is today often suppressed by historians, increasingly removing her powerful testimony of Jesus, and of miracles, from the historical record.   America’s young people need to see how the Spirit of God can be a powerful motivator for good. The true, complete story of Harriet Tubman must be brought back to help rekindle our vital connection to God.   I’m Rick Robison and this is the HEROES FOR FREEDOM Podcast.     **Want more incredible stories like these for your home??** ---> HEROES FOR FREEDOM MANUALS (Volumes 1-3) - Purchase on Amazon!     OTHER EPISODES YOU MAY LIKE: 27 - "THE HAMMER" WHO SAVED CHRISTIANITY | Charles Martel ("Knights of Our Lord" Leader) | 700s A.D. 22 - ALLURING AMERICAN ACTRESS... AND UNION SPY?! | Pauline Cushman | Civil War 06 - THE SLAVE WHO HELPED SAVE AMERICA | James Armistead Lafayette (American Spy) | Revolutionary War   ADDITIONAL RESOURCES: -Join our newsletter and get a free gift! - Click Here -Contact us at: [email protected] -Find our video episodes on YouTube