"Weekly"" on July 6, 1916, with the caption ""What Are You Doing for Preparedness?"" More than four million copies of this image were printed between 1917 and 1918. Flagg's image was also used extensively during World War II, during which the U.S. was codenamed ""Samland"" by the German intelligence agency Abwehr. The term was central in the song ""The Yankee Doodle Boy"", which was featured in 1942 in the musical ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"". There are two memorials to Uncle Sam, both of which commemorate the life of Samuel Wilson: the Uncle Sam Memorial Statue in Arlington, Massachusetts, his birthplace; and"
"Dandy (mascot) Dandy was the mascot of the New York Yankees between 1979 and 1981. He was a large pinstriped bird that sported a Yankees hat. He had a mustache that gave him an appearance similar to that of former Yankee catcher Thurman Munson. His name was a play on the classic American folk song ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"". Eager to add a mascot, Yankees management contracted Wayde Harrison and Bonnie Erickson of Acme Mascots, who created the Phillie Phanatic in 1978, to develop a mascot for their franchise. After a meeting with Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, in which Steinbrenner and"
"Yankees once had a mascot. Dandy (mascot) Dandy was the mascot of the New York Yankees between 1979 and 1981. He was a large pinstriped bird that sported a Yankees hat. He had a mustache that gave him an appearance similar to that of former Yankee catcher Thurman Munson. His name was a play on the classic American folk song ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"". Eager to add a mascot, Yankees management contracted Wayde Harrison and Bonnie Erickson of Acme Mascots, who created the Phillie Phanatic in 1978, to develop a mascot for their franchise. After a meeting with Yankees owner George"
"tune of ""The Yankee Doodle Boy"" which was written by George M. Cohan for his 1904 musical ""Little Johnny Jones"". In the musical Johnny Jones is a patriotic US jockey competing in England. The song gained prominence when it was featured in the wartime 1942 musical ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"" starring James Cagney as George M. Cohan performing the part of Johnny Jones on stage. The song was adapted with new Hawthorn lyrics by Chick Lander in 1956. The closure of Waverley Park in 1999 was a setback as Hawthorn could no longer play home games in the south-east region where"
"Lord Kitchener Wants You Lord Kitchener Wants You is a 1914 advertisement by Alfred Leete which was developed into a recruitment poster. It depicted Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War, above the words ""WANTS YOU"". Kitchener, wearing the cap of a British Field Marshal, stares and points at the viewer calling them to enlist in the British Army against the Central Powers. The image is considered one of the most iconic and enduring images of World War I. A hugely influential image and slogan, it has also inspired imitations in other countries, from the United States to"
"song was performed by James Cagney in the 1942 film ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"", in which he played Cohan. In 2004, the American Film Institute placed the song at No. 71 on its AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs. A version of the song was recorded by Cohan's contemporary and fellow Irish-American Billy Murray, who sang it as indicated in the lyrics. Also a shortened lyric disco version of the song was sung by Paul Jabara on the 1977 album ""Shut Out"" and the 1983 album ""Greatest Hits and Misses"" on Casablanca Records. ""Verse 1"" ""Verse 2"" ""Chorus"" Footnotes: The Yankee Doodle Boy"
"the American Revolutionary War (1775–83), as it was broadly adopted by American patriots following the battles of Lexington and Concord. The song was popular among the British troops, creating a stereotype of the Yankee simpleton who stuck a feather in his cap and thought that he was stylish. Today, ""Yankee Doodle"" is the official state song of Connecticut. The term ""Yankee"" now may mean any resident of New England or of any of the Northeastern United States. The original Yankees diffused widely across the northern United States, leaving their imprints in New York, the Upper Midwest, and places as far"
"his troops are widely believed to be the inspiration for the song Yankee Doodle, contemporary scholars now believe that its origins are at least twelve years earlier. During the French and Indian War, Fitch was the commander of four New England Regiments. Tradition states that Captain Fitch received the song in 1755 as a joke from British surgeon Dr. Richard Shuckburgh, making Fitch the original ""Yankee Doodle"". Fitch's grave marker states that he is the inspiration for the song ""Yankee Doodle."" The marker claims that Captain Fitch had assembled his company of recruits at the Fitch homestead in Norwalk at"
"comical farce, To be proud in the face, and be shot in the arse. Perhaps the most well known song to emerge during this time was Yankee Doodle. Originally conceived by the British in an attempt to mock and demoralize the ragged American troops, it was instead adopted by the Americans as a rallying anthem. In the language of the day, ""doodle"" referred to a fool or simpleton while ""dandy"" meant a gentleman of highly exaggerated dress and manners. Finally the term ""macaroni"" was a type of dress popular in Italy and widely imitated in England at the time. The"
"distinct from newspapers) was in the 1816 allegorical book ""The Adventures of Uncle Sam, in Search After His Lost Honor"" by Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq. Other possible references date to the American Revolutionary War: an Uncle Sam is mentioned as early as 1775, in the original lyrics of ""Yankee Doodle"", though it is not clear whether this reference is to Uncle Sam as a metaphor for the United States, or to an actual person named Sam. The lyrics as a whole celebrate the military efforts of the young nation in besieging the British at Boston. The 13th stanza is: The"
"The Yankee Doodle Boy ""The Yankee Doodle Boy"", also well known as ""(I'm a) Yankee Doodle Dandy"" is a patriotic song from the Broadway musical ""Little Johnny Jones"" written by George M. Cohan. The play opened at the Liberty Theater on November 7, 1904. The play concerns the trials and tribulations of a fictional American jockey, Johnny Jones (based on the real life jockey Tod Sloan), who rides a horse named ""Yankee Doodle"" in the English Derby. Cohan incorporates snippets of several popular traditional American songs into his lyrics of this song, as he often did with his songs. The"
"Kitchener with his hand pointing directly at the viewer has inspired numerous imitations: Lord Kitchener Wants You Lord Kitchener Wants You is a 1914 advertisement by Alfred Leete which was developed into a recruitment poster. It depicted Lord Kitchener, the British Secretary of State for War, above the words ""WANTS YOU"". Kitchener, wearing the cap of a British Field Marshal, stares and points at the viewer calling them to enlist in the British Army against the Central Powers. The image is considered one of the most iconic and enduring images of World War I. A hugely influential image and slogan,"
"a then eleven-year-old George Orwell, who may have used as it the basis for his description of the ""Big Brother"" posters in his novel ""1984"". It remains recognised and parodied in popular culture. In 1997 the British Army created a recruiting advertisement re-using Leete's image substituting Kitchener's face with that of a British Army non-commissioned officer of African descent. Leete's image of Kitchener is featured on a 2014 £2 coin produced by sculptor John Bergdahl for the Royal Mint. The coin was the first of a five-year series to commemorate the centennial of the war. Use of Leete's image of"
"""recruitment"" image of Uncle Sam was first created by James Montgomery Flagg during World War I. The image was inspired by a British recruitment poster showing Lord Kitchener in a similar pose. It is this image more than any other that has influenced the modern appearance of Uncle Sam: an elderly white man with white hair and a goatee, wearing a white top hat with white stars on a blue band, a blue tail coat, and red-and-white-striped trousers. Flagg's depiction of Uncle Sam was shown publicly for the first time, according to some, on the cover of the magazine ""Leslie's"
"Spain. The earliest words of ""Yankee Doodle"" came from a Middle Dutch harvest song which is thought to have followed the same tune, possibly dating back as far as 15th-century Holland. It contained mostly nonsensical words in English and Dutch: ""Yanker, didel, doodle down, Diddle, dudel, lanther, Yanke viver, voover vown, ""Botermilk"" und ""tanther""."" Farm laborers in Holland were paid ""as much buttermilk (""Botermilk"") as they could drink, and a tenth (""tanther"") of the grain"". The term ""Doodle"" first appeared in English in the early seventeenth century and is thought to be derived from the Low German ""dudel,"" meaning ""playing"
"the term in literature is seen in an 1816 allegorical book, ""The Adventures of Uncle Sam in Search After His Lost Honor"" by Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq., also in reference to the aforementioned Samuel Wilson. The 87th United States Congress adopted the following resolution on September 15, 1961: """"Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives that the Congress salutes Uncle Sam Wilson of Troy, New York, as the progenitor of America's National symbol of Uncle Sam."""" However, an Uncle Sam is mentioned as early as 1775 in the original ""Yankee Doodle"" lyrics of the Revolutionary War. It is"
"time that the Leete poster was used, although a photograph from 15 December 1914 taken at the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway station in Liverpool clearly depicts Leete's depiction among other recruiting posters. The effectiveness of the image upon the viewer is attributed to what E. B. Goldstein has called the 'differential rotation effect.' Because of this effect, Kitchener's eyes and his foreshortened arm and hand appear to follow the viewer regardless of the viewer's orientation to the artwork. Historian Carlo Ginzburg compared Leete's image of Kitchener to similar images of Christ and Alexander the Great as depicting the viewer's contact"
"Yankee Doodle ""Yankee Doodle"" is a well-known American song, the early versions of which date to before the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution (1775–83). It is often sung patriotically in the United States today and is the state anthem of Connecticut. Its Roud Folk Song Index number is 4501. The melody is thought to be much older than both the lyrics and the subject, going back to folk songs of Medieval Europe. The tune of Yankee Doodle is thought to be much older than the lyrics, being well known across western Europe, including England, France, Holland, Hungary, and"
"widely regarded figures in Britain like Field Marshal Wolseley and Field Marshal Roberts. Kitchener's appearance including his bushy mustache and court dress jacket was reminiscent of romanticized Victorian era styles. Kitchener, tall and powerfully built, was for many the personification of military ethos so popular in the present Edwardian era. After the scorched earth tactics and hard-fought victory of the Second Boer War, Kitchener represented a return to the military victories of the colonial era. The fact that Kitchener's name is not used in the poster demonstrates how easily he was visually recognized. David Lubin opines that the image may"
"Yank & Doodle Yank & Doodle is a pair of fictional superhero characters who first appeared in the Prize Publications title ""Prize Comics"" in 1941 and were revived by Dynamite Entertainment in the 2000s. Created by an unknown writer and artist Paul Norris, Yank & Doodle first appeared in ""Prize Comics"" #13 (cover-dated Aug. 1941) as two superheroes who were too young to enlist in the army, but were still able to make a difference in the war effort. Their costumes were identical, except that Yank’s had a letter Y on the front, and Doodle’s a letter D. Their names"
"the introduction of conscription in January 1916. The most common theme for recruitment posters was patriotism, which evolved into appeals for people to do their 'fair share'. Among the most famous of the posters used in the British Army recruitment campaigns of the war were the ""Lord Kitchener Wants You"" posters, which depicted Secretary of State for War Lord Kitchener above the words ""WANTS YOU"". Other concepts used on recruitment posters included the fear of invasion, and atrocity stories. The ""Remember Scarborough"" campaign, recalling the 1914 attack on Scarborough, is an example of a recruitment poster combining these ideas. James"
"with the campaign. He created his most famous work in 1917, a poster to encourage recruitment in the United States Army during World War I. It showed Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer (inspired by a British recruitment poster showing Lord Kitchener in a similar pose) with the caption ""I Want YOU for U.S. Army"". Over four million copies of the poster were printed during World War I, and it was revived for World War II. Flagg used his own face for that of Uncle Sam (adding age and the white goatee), he said later, simply to avoid the trouble"
"to films until 1929. He performed in operettas and musicals, including ""The Ziegfeld Follies of 1917"", the original production of the Jerome Kern musical ""Sally"" (1920) and the Gershwins' ""Lady Be Good"" (1924). In the last, he introduced the song ""Oh, Lady Be Good!"" Catlett made a handful of silent film appearances, but his film career did not catch on until the advent of talking pictures allowed moviegoers to experience his full comic repertoire. Three of his most remembered roles were as the theatre manager driven to distraction by James Cagney's character in ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"", the local constable who"
"buy a musket in Boston in March 1775; he evidently secured one eventually, because he fought at Concord. For this reason, the town of Billerica is called the home of Yankee Doodle: Another pro-British set of lyrics believed to have used the tune was published in June 1775 following the Battle of Bunker Hill: Yankee Doodle was played at the British surrender at Saratoga in 1777. A variant is preserved in the 1810 edition of ""Gammer Gurton's Garland: Or, The Nursery Parnassus"", collected by Francis Douce: The full version of the song, as it is known today, goes: Yankee Doodle"
"be one of the earliest successful celebrity endorsements as the commercial practice expanded greatly in the 1920s. Keith Surridge posits that Kitchener's features evoked the harsh, feared militarism of the Germans which bode well for British fortune in the war. Kitchener would not see the end of the war; he died onboard in the sinking of HMS ""Hampshire"" in 1916. Leete's drawing of Kitchener was the most famous image used in the British Army recruitment campaign of World War I. It continues to be considered a masterful piece of wartime propaganda as well as an enduring and iconic image of"
"2, 1979, Dandy was put on hiatus, as Dandy resembled Munson. Though Yankees organist Eddie Layton composed a song for Dandy, it was never played. Dandy was confined to the upper deck area of Yankee Stadium by Yankees management. After the lease expired, Harrison and Erickson declined the Yankees' request to sign another lease, as they felt the mascot did not receive the necessary support from management. Along with this experiment, the Yankees briefly had mascots resembling ballpark food (plus Yankees hats on top) during the mid-1990s. Outside these two occasions, the Yankees have not had an official mascot or"
"original missing sequence, Tom is supposed to follow him only to get his head stuck in Jerry’s hole. Jerry then use Tom’s tongue to lick a war bond stamp. The second war communique which reads: ""Enemy gets in a few good licks"". The Yankee Doodle Mouse The Yankee Doodle Mouse is a 1943 American one-reel animated cartoon. It is the eleventh ""Tom and Jerry"" short produced by Fred Quimby, and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley and animation by Irven Spence, Pete Burness, Kenneth Muse and George Gordon. Jack Zander was credited on"
"Yankee Doodle Daffy Yankee Doodle Daffy is a Warner Bros."" Looney Tunes"" theatrical cartoon short released on June 5, 1943, directed by Friz Freleng and written by Tedd Pierce. The short was the second Technicolor ""Looney Tunes"" entry to feature Porky Pig and Daffy Duck (after ""My Favorite Duck""). The title and introductory music are inspired by the 1942 film ""Yankee Doodle Dandy"", a major hit and a Warner release. Other than the fact of both films being about show business, they have no plot elements in common. At Smeller's Productions, Porky Pig, a producer, loaded down with luggage and"
"recorded use of the sentiment. Additionally, other songs gained prominence in keeping with British and American unity namely ""The British Grenadiers,"" and ""God Save the King"". However, with the War of Independence the tunes of the last two were combined with new words while ""Yankee Doodle"", long a tune and lyric addressed to the unique American population descended from the British became widely popular. Political and cultural links between the colony and Great Britain can perhaps explain the ongoing popularity of the two former tunes, despite the war for independence. In 1814, Washington lawyer Francis Scott Key wrote a poem,"
"the war. Recruitment posters in general have often been seen as a driving force helping to bring more than a million men into the Army. September 1914, coincident with publication of Leete's image, saw the highest number of volunteers enlisted. ""The Times"" recorded the scene in London on 3 January 1915; ""Posters appealing to recruits are to be seen on every hoarding, in most windows, in omnibuses, tramcars and commercial vans. The great base of Nelson's Column is covered with them. Their number and variety are remarkable. Everywhere Lord Kitchener sternly points a monstrously big finger, exclaiming 'I Want You'""."
"an 1806 court case, a Philadelphia judge wrote in his opinion: ""General and individual liberty was the spirit of '76."" ""The Spirit of '76"" is a well-known painting by Ohio artist and northern Civil War veteran Archibald Willard. The painting, originally titled ""Yankee Doodle"", was created in 1875 for the Centennial Exposition. The piece acquired the name ""Spirit of 76"" while on tour in Boston. The painting was initially commissioned to be ""semi-humorous"", though the death of Willard's father, the model for one of the painting's figures, changed the direction of its tone. It depicts three soldiers of the American"
"a ballad with 15 verses which circulated in Boston and surrounding towns in 1775 or 1776. A bill was introduced to the House of Representatives on July 25, 1999 recognizing Billerica, Massachusetts as ""America's Yankee Doodle Town"". After the Battle of Lexington and Concord, a Boston newspaper reported: Upon their return to Boston [pursued by the Minutemen], one [Briton] asked his brother officer how he liked the tune now, — ""Dang them"", returned he, ""they made us dance it till we were tired"" — since which Yankee Doodle sounds less sweet to their ears. The earliest known version of the"
"the Yale Bowl as he chewed a toy depicting a Harvard football player. Yale University Police recovered him, unharmed but without his Yale sweater, a few minutes later. Handsome Dans traditionally reign for a lifetime, but Mugsy is still living with owner Bob Sansone in Hamden. 2006–2016 (died of heart attack).<br> A new bulldog named Sherman quietly assumed the mascot position as Handsome Dan XVII in late winter 2006. Bred by Diane Judy of Johnson City, Tenn., Handsome Dan XVII, a 50-pound bulldog, was the half brother of Rambo, owned by former Yale football captain Rory Hennessey. His home name"