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Roy Exum: Independence Day
Roy Exum
“Please forgive me if this is seen as a rant,” reads the email, “but I would like to put out a personal challenge to all patriots. It has become increasingly popular in recent years to call this great American holiday “Fourth of July.” However, we all should take note that it is not. It is in actuality Independence Day. Our celebration of the solidification and ratification of this great United States of America.
“Lest we never forget the countless lives sacrificed over these last few hundred years to ensure this is still a working constitutional republic, I challenge you to correct those around you when they say, Happy Fourth of July, whether gently by saying Happy Independence Day to you also, or giving them a history lesson, if so inclined.
Princeton-raised, New York City-based Laurie Berkner is known throughout the world as a beloved kindie rocker of independent children’s music. She’s also an accomplished children’s author and the composer of an off-Broadway.
What’s less known about Laurie is that she got her start in rock music in a New Brunswick indie band called Red Onion, which Makin Waves wrote about back in 1996, a year before she shifted into kindie rock with her own Two Tomatoes Records.
We chatted about her Jersey roots and impressive career, which she’s managed to make grow virtually throughout the pandemic in support of her recently released 14