Peter Seeger, also known as Pete Seeger, - an individual, who was a musician, an author and an activist, helped change history by writing and singing songs, participating to anti-war marches and fight for the nation in battle. Pete wrote and sang folk songs related to everyday life stories. His childhood was very cold and kept him very alone. He later dropped out of Harvard and wanted to be an observer of all public affairs. He supported himself by painting farms, playing the banjo, becoming a doorman, and singing folk songs in a bar. The 1930s and 1970s were a time of economic struggle, government reform, war, and environmental reform. Seeger's folk songs encouraged and engaged the people of the United States during the labor movement, the Civil War, the Vietnam War, and environmental change. In the 1930s, the economy was in turmoil due to the stock market crash in 1929. It peaked at 25% between 1932 and 1933. It was very difficult for Pete to find a job.1 More than ten million citizens they were out of work. Verse after verse, "Talking Union" describes how to start a union: hand out flyers, call meetings, resist the boss's attempts to derail these efforts, because "he's a bastard and unjust slaver, I bet he beats his own wife." March 2, 1933, Franklin D. Roosevelt took power and pledged to save the economy from danger using a plan called the New Deal. He pledged to use the federal power to ensure a more equitable distribution of income and promised “bold experimentation” in pursuit of what he called a “New Deal” for Americans.3 Roosevelt later stated, “when Americans suffered, h… . middle of paper ......withdrawal from the war. He wanted to broadcast his song on TV, but faced many obstacles from the TV sponsor and executives because of his links to communism. HIV was identified as a virus that causes AIDS, which led to an intense worldwide search for a cure from 1981 to 1984. Iran -The Contra scandal led to the illegal exchange of weapons for hostage exchange by the Reagan administration from 1985 to 1986. President Ronald Reagan introduced the Strategic Defense Initiative, which intensified Development of missile defense by the United States in 1983. Gorbachev signed the INF Treaty and withdrew the Soviets from Afghanistan. Seeger wanted to be a people's person and at the same time did not want limelight and commercial success. Seeger had a good reputation in the music industry, among the people of urban and rural United States. Time Magazine mentioned him as the patriarch of popular songs.