How It All Started
Scott P. Swain, the president and co-founder of Roots of Freedom, received his bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University in 1989 and his Master of Education degree from the University of Phoenix in 2007.
He has been self-employed for many years and has owned several financial service companies. At one point in time, when Scott owned a mortgage company, he had a powerful desire to display images of American history that would add a feeling of patriotism to his offices.
Acquiring the images, however, was MUCH harder than he ever imagined. He vowed to make them more accessible to the public at some time in the future. At the same time, Scott’s desire to help others understand what it took to make the United States of America what it is today continued to grow.
Since that time, for more than twenty years, he has founded several educational companies, including Roots of Freedom, to help spread information and inspiration to Americans concerning our Founding Fathers, our fundamental documents, and the necessity of freedom.
Today the images have grown to a gallery, and the educational programs and products are inspiring Americans to rise to new levels of passion and commitment to America and to freedom everywhere.
Mission Statement
Educate and inspire youth, families, and all citizens to understand, respect, and preserve for future generations the values, freedoms, and ideals established by the Founding Fathers and fundamental documents of the United States of America.
Meet the Team
See the team that is behind Roots of Freedom. Our goal is to help you have the best experience possible.
Scott Swain
President/Co-Founder
John Johannesmeyer
Technology
Madison Hutchings
Technology/PM
Dave Garber
Marketing
Emily Garber
Marketing
A special thanks to all our volunteers as well! None of this would be possible without you!
I have loved the work of freedom because of what I have learned.
I have wanted to document my love of America for a very long time. The research, the writing, and the re-writing have taught me so much about the history of our nation and about human nature. The reward of the work has always been the work itself. It has opened my understanding more to what the Founding Fathers had in mind for our country than I could have ever known. I feel that I have personally walked and talked with the men who founded our great nation. Because of this journey I hope to someday meet George Washington and let him know that I have tried to follow in the footsteps of the work he began. I hope he will say to me, “Well done, son of the republic!”