Des Moines Symphony’s Yankee Doodle Pops is adding a choir, a bigger stage and a larger fireworks show for America’s 250th anniversary.

Veteran broadcaster Harry Smith joins the Des Moines Symphony’s July 3 Yankee Doodle Pops, blending Lincoln, history and ...

I’m guessing you’ve seen the famous painting to the right and you probably don’t know who painted it. The image is synonymous ...

We remember lots of Civil War songs. But the American Revolution produced only one enduring hit: 'Yankee Doodle.' How come?

George M. Cohan, the Providence-born "father of American musical comedy," is remembered for his patriotic songs and Broadway hits.

The Springsteen Center's "Chimes of Freedom" exhibit highlights the power of song in American life from "Yankee Doodle" to "Streets of Minneapolis." ...

It has been true, unfortunately, that Billerica, one of the largest suburban Boston towns in its population and its land size, has struggled for a distinctive identity. With a quick glance at ...

Yankee Doodle was an idiot. Also a hayseed, a yokel, a hick and a doofus. When he came riding on his pony, sticking a feather in his cap and calling it macaroni, he was the 18th century equivalent of ...