NEIL DIAMOND CENTRAL WEBSITE - “Freedom Song” was inspired by the Boston Marathon bombings. “I've never been so motivated to write a song in my life,” Diamond said in a press statement. (June 26, 2013) USA NATIONAL ANTHEM/AMERICA - NEIL DIAMOND CENTRAL: I have applied this incredibly patriotic and moving song to the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot that, unlike the World Trade Centre (Twin Towers) and Boston Bombings, threatened the very foundations of American democracy. This insurrection was incited by then President Donald J Trump (45). It was a watershed moment in America. You came exceedingly close to losing your democracy and becoming a fascist dictatorship under one who greatly admires dictators the world over… Adolf Hitler (Germany), Vladimir Putin (Russia), Xi Jinping (China), Kim Jong Un (North Korea), et al. He is no friend or admirer of leaders and countries of true democracies. Worth n
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