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| | Today in History: April 19 |
 | | Yankee Doodle is now their paean, a favorite of favorites, played in their army, esteemed as warlike as the Genadier's March — it is the lover's spell, the nurse's lullaby…it was not a little mortifying to hear them play this tune, when their army marched down to our surrender. |
 | | Fittingly, "Yankee Doodle" is also said to have been played at Yorktown, along with "The World Turned Upside Down," when Lord Cornwallis surrendered to George Washington at the end of the war. |
 | | After the Revolutionary War, "Yankee Doodle" surfaced in stage plays, classical music, and opera. |
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