TIL the song 'Yankee Doodle' was used by British soldiers before the Revolutionary War to mock American soldiers, stereotyping them as rural simpletons who would think putting a feather in their caps would make them 'Macaroni' (i.e. cool), but was later used by Americans as an anthem of defiance.

Submitted by davetowers646 t3_zy5qh6 on December 29, 2022 at 1:43 PM in todayilearned