American Anthem - the Story of Yankee Doodle

American Anthem - the Story of Yankee Doodle.
A video chosen for exhibition at the Saratoga Springs International Film Festival.
The U.S. had no national anthem in the War of 1812, but it did have Yankee Doodle. One soldier described it in his diary as - "Our national air." As the defeated British forces retreated back down the Chesapeake after their aborted attack on Fort McHenry, the fort's band stood on the ramparts taunting the departing invaders with repeated choruses of Yankee Doodle.
Many explanations have been offered about how Yankee Doodle came to be. This is one of, if not the most likely scenario for how Yankee Doodle was written, as well as an explanation of what some of the more obscure words mean.
Editor's Note: This is a fine rendition of Yankee Doodle - by the U.S. Army Chorus, under the direction of Major Dwayne S. Milburn.