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'''Peter Benedict Gemma, Jr.''' (born September 13, 1950), is a free-lance writer and [[conservative]] political activist originally from [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], currently based in Sarasota, [[Florida]]. He has written for such publications as ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[Human Events]]'' (a national weekly newspaper, since a [[website]]), ''The Washington Examiner'', ''Military History'', ''Quarterly Review'' of [[Great Britain]], and ''The Daily Caller''.  

'''Peter Benedict Gemma, Jr.''' (born September 13, 1950), is a free-lance writer and [[conservative]] political activist originally from [[Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], currently based in Sarasota, [[Florida]]. He has written for such publications as ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[Human Events]]'' (a national weekly newspaper, since a [[website]]), ''The Washington Examiner'', ''Military History'', ''Quarterly Review'' of [[Great Britain]], and ''The Daily Caller''.  

His 2006 book, ''Shots Fired: Sam Francis on America’s Culture War,'' published by the Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation of Vienna, [[Virginia]], is an edited study of the late [[paleoconservative]] columnist, Samuel T. Francis, with foreword by [[Pat Buchanan]] and afterword by Joseph Sobran, two of Gemma's mentors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/author/peter-gemma/|title=About Peter Gemma|publisher=''Independent Political Report''|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He has also worked for The Political Cesspool, a weekly  [[radio]] talk show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/search/people/Peter-B-Gemma/Sarasota-FL|title=Peter B. Gemma|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref>

His 2006 book, ''Shots Fired: Sam Francis on America’s Culture War,'' published by the Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation of Vienna, [[Virginia]], is an edited study of the late [[paleoconservative]] columnist, Samuel T. Francis, with foreword by [[Pat Buchanan]] and afterword by Joseph Sobran, two of Gemma's mentors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/author/peter-gemma/|title=About Peter Gemma|publisher=''Independent Political Report''|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He has also worked for ''The Political Cesspool'', a weekly  [[radio]] talk show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.intelius.com/search/people/Peter-B-Gemma/Sarasota-FL|title=Peter B. Gemma|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

Gemma's father, Peter, Sr. (1924-2007) was born in Providence; his mother, the former Jane M. St. Amand (1924-2015), was originally from Worcester, [[Massachusetts]] but a long-term resident with her family of Warwick in Kent County in central Rhode Island. Peter, Sr., and Jane are interred at Saint Ann Cemetery in Cranston in Providence County. He has an older brother, John Patrick Gemma, Sr., of [[Dover]], [[Delaware]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140059489|title=Jane M. St. Amand Gemma|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref>

Gemma's father, Peter, Sr. (1924-2007) was born in Providence; his mother, the former Jane M. St. Amand (1924-2015), was originally from Worcester, [[Massachusetts]], but a long-term resident with her family of Warwick in Kent County in central Rhode Island. Peter, Sr., and Jane are interred at Saint Ann Cemetery in Cranston in Providence County. He has an older brother, John Patrick Gemma, Sr., of [[Dover]], [[Delaware]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=140059489|title=Jane M. St. Amand Gemma|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref>

Gemma graduated in 1968 from the [[Roman Catholic]] all-male Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Peter-Gemma/8729037279|title=Peter Gemma: Class of 1968|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He is no longer a Catholic, however. In 2016, while touring [[Seville]], [[Spain]], Gemma said on [[Facebook]] that he is "so thankful for my personal relationship with [[Jesus Christ]] - no [[cathedral]]s needed."<ref name=fbook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/petergemma?fref=nf|title=Peter Gemma|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 23, 2016}}</ref>

Gemma graduated in 1968 from the [[Roman Catholic]] all-male Bishop Hendricken High School in Warwick, Rhode Island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classmates.com/people/Peter-Gemma/8729037279|title=Peter Gemma: Class of 1968|publisher=classmates.com|accessdate=May 20, 2016}}</ref> He is no longer a Catholic, however. In 2016, while touring [[Seville]], [[Spain]], Gemma said on [[Facebook]] that he is "so thankful for my personal relationship with [[Jesus Christ]] - no [[cathedral]]s needed."<ref name=fbook>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/petergemma?fref=nf|title=Peter Gemma|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 23, 2016}}</ref>