by gwffoundation | Apr 16, 2021 | American Revolution, Historic Kenmore, Lives & Legacies
Colonial Faire, an 18th century music group, recently performed at Historic Kenmore. In this video, they play a medley of “Rakes of Mallow” and “Yankee Doodle.” Read about the history behind “Yankee Doodle” in this blog...
by gwffoundation | Jul 3, 2019 | Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
In honor of the Independence Day tomorrow, I want to talk about a pressing question I had as a child pertaining to one of our most popular patriotic songs “Yankee Doodle”. We all know the first verse. Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony, Stuck a...
by gwffoundation | Jul 4, 2018 | Holiday History, Lives & Legacies
In honor of the Independence Day, I want to talk about a pressing question I had as a child pertaining to one of our most popular patriotic songs “Yankee Doodle”. We all know the first verse. Yankee Doodle went to town A-riding on a pony, Stuck a feather...
