HIDDEN HISTORY Right before the pivotal Battle of Gettysburg, President Lincoln said that he knew that the South's invading army would be defeated. He knew it. But how he knew it has been, in effect, buried by academia and by today's historians.

Why this historical gem is not taught in every school, and certainly from every pulpit in the land, is indicative of the truly poisonous ideology, the narrative, that too many are marching to today.

So, in this next installment in the HEROES FOR FREEDOM! Podcast, we do our best to correct the record.

Here at the Legacy Generation we are committed to uncover, and then provide to the world, these critical lost stories of American, Christian, and Individual Greatness...for the record, and for the Upcoming Generation, our Legacy Generation.

I'm Rick Robison and this is HEROES FOR FREEDOM! SOURCE MENTIONED IN PODCAST: A little-known, yet firsthand account is found in Lt. Colonel James Fowler Rusling’s 1899 book (Library of Congress Catalog 1,624,344): MEN AND THINGS I SAW IN CIVIL WAR DAYS. Colonel James Rusling, General Sickles’ staff officer, was with his general on the 5th of July (1863) when he was visited by President Abraham Lincoln and his son, as described in detail in this book.

When their nation, the United States, was attacked by the Empire of Japan, the Navajo people responded. I had the opportunity to sit down with a Marine Navajo Code Talker in his home on the Rez, in Ganado. A little known, yet true American warrior-hero. And what an amazing evening! The opportunity of a lifetime, offering priceless insights into the meaning of patriotism and sacrifice, a glimpse into a world I shall not forget...

Can one person change the course of history? You bet! It's happened many times in our past. President Lincoln was about to be turned out of office and a Copperhead Democrat elected in his place, promising to sign a treaty with the Confederate South, allowing them to keep their slaves and break apart the United States of America, creating two (or more) probably perpetually hostile, and weak, nations. This would have been a disaster for the world, especially five decades later when Communism, and then Nazism, would sweep the world. And without a strong, united America, the world would not likely have prevailed. And the eternal evil of human bondage would continue. In fact, today we would not recognize our nation, or even ourselves. Can one person have a major impact upon history? Stick with me at HEROES FOR FREEDOM! and I'll show you how and why. I'm Rick Robison and this is Heroes For Freedom!