Hiawatha

Washington

Otis

Adams

Yankee Doodle was first sung by the Loyalists to make fun of the rebels. But when the rebels had a victory, they sang it back to mock them! That's when we adopted it as one of our songs.

Franklin

Franklin invented the glass armonica.

Henry

Revere

The Liberty Song, written by Founding Father John Dickinson in 1768 to the music of William Boyce's "Heart of Oak," is perhaps the first patriotic song written in America.

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Lexington

Battle of Bunker Hill

Jefferson

Dancing at the Governor's Palace in Williamsburg.

Signing the Declaration

What is believed to be the first American art song was written by a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The composer was Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791). He was a lawyer and also an amateur composer. His song, "My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free," was composed in 1759.