Yankee Doodle Was a British Diss Track. We Made It Our Anthem.
I went down a Yankee Doodle rabbit hole at midnight and I have no regrets. Turns out the song you sang in 2nd grade was originally a 1750s British diss track — and the colonists stole the chorus out of pure spite. The pettiest founding story they never taught you.
Some Women Say Live Laugh Love. Abigail Adams Threatened to Foment a Rebellion in 1776.
Some women say live laugh love. Abigail Adams threatened to foment a rebellion. Her husband — the future second president — called her saucy. Then she raised the next president of the United States. Those women are not the same.
Wildly Patriotic, Just Not Basic: 7 Shirts For The 250th That Aren't Bald Eagles In Aviators
I went looking for a 4th of July shirt this year and almost gave up on the holiday. So we made our own. Founding Fathers, Founding Mothers, and one very unreasonable 250th Anniversary statement.