Sing Out
In 1861, abolitionist Julia W. Howe wrote “The Battle Hymn of the Republic during the civil war, when she visited a Union Army camp and heard the soldiers singing the song “John Brown’s Body.” She was impressed by the strong marching beat and hence both songs share the same beat.
Songwriter Bruce Springsteen insists: “What’s really unpatriotic is to remain silent.” He believes every citizen has a stake in the direction, which our country has taken. He points out that’s the reason we vote and that it’s unpatriotic at any given moment to sit back and let things pass that are damaging to the country, we love so dearly. Springsteen has observed things happening over the past six years that he doesn’t think anybody ever thought they’d see in America. In the pass, when people thought of our national identity, they didn’t think of torture, illegal wiretapping or the loss of habeas corpus, because those things were considered anti-American.
In American history, songs such as “The Battle Hymn of the Republic served as the canary in the coal mine, when things got dark. Springsteen believes that our country is dark again, because we live in a time when what is true can be made to seem a lie and what is lie can be made to seem true. He thinks that the successful manipulation of the truth has characterized several of our past elections. Arrogance and deceit has gotten us in the mess that we’re in right now. The best things about our nation have been undermined in the name of protecting our freedoms. By removing our freedoms, we’ve become something much different. America is a beautiful idea, which needs to be preserved and protected. As it was in 1861, it’s time to sing out for freedom and justice.
Songwriter Bruce Springsteen insists: “What’s really unpatriotic is to remain silent.” He believes every citizen has a stake in the direction, which our country has taken. He points out that’s the reason we vote and that it’s unpatriotic at any given moment to sit back and let things pass that are damaging to the country, we love so dearly. Springsteen has observed things happening over the past six years that he doesn’t think anybody ever thought they’d see in America. In the pass, when people thought of our national identity, they didn’t think of torture, illegal wiretapping or the loss of habeas corpus, because those things were considered anti-American.
In American history, songs such as “The Battle Hymn of the Republic served as the canary in the coal mine, when things got dark. Springsteen believes that our country is dark again, because we live in a time when what is true can be made to seem a lie and what is lie can be made to seem true. He thinks that the successful manipulation of the truth has characterized several of our past elections. Arrogance and deceit has gotten us in the mess that we’re in right now. The best things about our nation have been undermined in the name of protecting our freedoms. By removing our freedoms, we’ve become something much different. America is a beautiful idea, which needs to be preserved and protected. As it was in 1861, it’s time to sing out for freedom and justice.
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