Retired Canadian military chaplain Harold Ristau has been hired as president of a new classical college in Wyoming

Harold Ristau is president of Luther Classical College in Casper , Wyoming .

He was "exiled" from Canada after he prayed and sang the national anthem at a lockdown protest in Ottawa two years ago .

His legal team won a court case against the Canadian government that said treating peaceful dissent as terrorism violated Canadians ’ civil and constitutional rights.

“We’re really, really, excited about coming to the States . Thank you, America ,” he says.

The Ristaus were ostracized socially, including at school and by many in their church.

They withdrew their savings to protect it from getting seized by the Canadian government under terrorism laws.

Ristau thinks their savings ultimately weren’t seized because he went on Fox News about the protests.