I am going to go a bit off script here and yet it makes perfect sense for this website to have it on here at the same time.
The song is a country song by stalwart musician Martina McBride called, appropriately enough, "Independence Day" (which is coming up soon). Of course, if you know the song, there is nothing about Founding Fathers or revolution. There is definitely a cry of freedom and a violent one at that. I do not want to be too much of a spoiler so you can watch the video now if you'd like but the point is that a victim of domestic abuse gets her "independence" from her husband in one of the more permanent ways possible. This song and video were quite controversial at the time but it shed light on an important issue in our culture and this song served as a "declaration" of independence for countless women who heard the song. It is a modern day usage of a concept 140 years old (and in truth, much older than that). It also allows us to see how groups completely left out of the Declaration process have taken those words and engrained it in their own struggles and hopes. So listen to the lyrics and appreciate the vocabulary of the story it is presenting. ​Have a great Sunday!
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