ALBANY — Wish “Yankee Doodle” a happy 250th birthday. The original lyrics to one of America’s best-known songs, one associated more with the American Revolution, were actually written a couple decades ...

Some books are worth reading multiple times, and “Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation” (2000), by Joseph J. Ellis, is one of those great works. Several years ago it had been on my summer ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Wish "Yankee Doodle" a happy 250th birthday. Maybe. The original lyrics to one of America's best-known songs, one associated with the American Revolution, were actually written a couple ...

On Tuesday, Slate’s in-house lexicographomaniacs alerted us to recent academic work on the word dude. Two academics had located a heap of the word’s early appearances (in the 1880s) and published ...

Few people waved the flag as vigorously as George M. Cohan. The story behind the man who wrote the song that stirred American souls during World War I, Over There, is featured in Yankee Doodle Dandy ...

In honor of the Fourth of July, which is Monday, SAM is running some classic answers. Have a fun, festive and safe holiday weekend, everyone! Q: Is the likeness of Uncle Sam based on a real person?