1

NY researcher: `Yankee Doodle' turns 250 — maybe (AP)

Paul Huey, an archaeologist for New York state, poses in front of a painting depicting Dr. Richard Shuckburg composing the lyrics to 'Yankee Doodle' in Rensselaer, N.Y., Monday, June 30, 2008. Huey believes he has narrowed down a date in June 1758 that Shuckburg, a British army physician, wrote the lyrics. As the story goes, Shuckburgh penned the lyrics at Fort Crailo, in Rensselaer, after being amused by the sloppy drill and appearance of New England militiamen. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)AP - Wish "Yankee Doodle" a happy 250th birthday. Maybe.


Read »
Created by zazaza Created 8 weeks 5 days ago – Made popular 8 weeks 5 days ago
Category: Weird   Tags:

Similar stories

Fallas Google Doodle Created 24 weeks 23 hours ago
YouTube Music Video Lyrics Created 26 weeks 3 days ago
Yahoo! Music, Gracenote Present Song Lyrics Created 1 year 19 weeks ago
Va. bride auctions chance to be a bridesmaid (AP) Created 10 weeks 2 days ago
Common wildlife is alien to many British kids (Reuters) Created 8 weeks 2 days ago
Last minute work for shuttle before hatches close (AP) Created 12 weeks 2 days ago
Virgin Galactic shows off mothership aircraft (AP) Created 5 weeks 3 days ago

User login

Syndicate

Syndicate content