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Yankees fight for
"Independence"
(Excerpt taken from Color the Patriotic
Classics Book)
Approximately 20 years later, when the colonists fought for
Independence in the American Revolution, they used this song as
their national tune. They sang the song all over the colonies as a
reminder to the British that they may be doodles but they were at
least winning doodles. By 1781, during the revolution's last
battle, Washington decided to attack a small village that had been
captured by British General Cornwallis and his approximate 7,500
men. With shovels and picks 1,000 of Washington's men dug through
the soil and created trenches within a very close firing range of
Yorktown. Washington brought his artillery and shelled the small
village in what is known as the Battle of Yorktown. |