Music As Propaganda: 100 Years Later!

Though other types of propaganda have been created over the years (television, movies, and social media, just to name a few), music is still the most popular mode. 100 years later, different people and organizations use music to promote their cause. Specifically the television show Lincoln Heights had one of its characters write a song for his brother who just got out of the military. Called "We'll Fight for You" the song tries to get audiences to see how we need to help our Veterens when they come home, which is the same ideogolgy that Liberty Chorus Director James Stevens held 100 years prior.  

Ben Platt & Lin-Manuel Miranda "Found Tonight"

This is the logo for the March for Our Lives Movement, which was created after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. This logo is recognized world wide and has been adapted to fit the theme of the smaller sister organizations throughout the United States and the world. At the March, which took place in Washington DC, Ben Platt and Lin-Manuel Miranda performed the song that they created as an anthem for the movement entitled "Found Tonight." 

While all the previously mentioned songs are about war, soldiers, and veterans, not every propaganda song follows that same theme. With gun control being such a contreversial topic, the March for Our Lives knew they needed to do something big to get their point across and to get more of the United States (and the world) on their side. That's when Lin-Manuel Miranda and Ben Platt came in and once again used music to do just that, creating an anthem for the movement. Called "Found Tonight," the song states "And when our children tell their story, they'll tell the story of tonight." This phrase became a motto for the March for Our Lives movement, just like the Liberty Choruses of 100 years before used the motto of the "Will to Win" the war to entice people to join their cause.