Popular culture The adoption of the Declaration of Independence was dramatized in the 1969 Tony Award-winning musical 1776 and the 1972 film version, as well as in the 2008 television miniseries John Adams. In 1970, The 5th Dimension recorded the opening of the Declaration on their album Portrait in the song "Declaration". It was first performed on the Ed Sullivan Show on December 7, 1969, and it was taken as a song of protest by some opposed to the Vietnam War.
Popular culture The adoption of the Declaration of Independence was dramatized in the 1969 Tony Award-winning musical 177,6 and the 1972 film version, as well as in .the 2008 television miniseries John Adams. In 1970, The 5th Dimension recorded the opening of the Declaration on their album Portrait in the song "Declaration" It was first performed on the Ed Sullivan Show on December 7, 1969 and it was taken as a song of protest by some opposed to the Vietnam War.