Clary/AFP/Getty Images — -- Our childhood history books are full of facts about the American Revolution ... The song "Yankee Doodle Dandy" became popular among the British as well as the ...

“Yankee Doodle” predates the American Revolution (1775-1783) and the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763). Ever since its writing, the song has been sung as a patriotic anthem. And many scholars ...

Private Yankee Doodle. Throughout American history, the GI Joe's have always been in the background. And I think the private soldier of the revolution is more in the background than most because ...

Protest music has a deep and rich history in the United States. One could even say it was born right alongside it. From "Yankee Doodle" being sung back in defiance at the British soldiers who ...

(Brad Larrison for NewsWorks) The sounds of the fife and drum filled the air outside of the Museum of the American Revolution Saturday with standards like “Yankee Doodle” and “The Liberty Song.” ...

In the song, “Yankee” is believed to be an British taunt to American ... song “Yankee Doodle Dandy” was believed to have been sung by British soldiers during the Revolution, used to ...

The rest of that story is known, of course; but in the years since the French and Indian War, American colonists had come to embrace “Yankee Doodle” and make it their own, playfully mocking ...

settled on the Yankee Doodle story to honor Princeton's role in the American Revolution, most notably the pivotal Battle of Princeton in 1777. "You can see everybody making fun of the American ...

Jess Brown is a member of the Tennessee Valley Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution ... “You are indeed a Yankee doodle dandy,” Jess said with a laugh, “No doubt buddy.” ...

This incident would later be referenced in a verse in a version of the revolutionary tune, “Yankee Doodle,” which led to Billerica being recognized by the Massachusetts Legislature as ...