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The tune also appeared in 1762 in one of United States first comic operas The Disappointment
The year is wrong. Authoritative sources place *The Disappointment* in 1767, not 1762.
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This sentence misdates The Disappointment by five years.
The Library of Congress's overview of "Yankee Doodle" says musicologist Oscar Sonneck found a reference to the tune in "1767's The Disappointment, one of the first American operas". The U.S. House of Representatives' History, Art & Archives site likewise says the operetta was set to be performed in Philadelphia in 1767.
Because both sources place The Disappointment in 1767, the article's claim that the tune appeared there in 1762 is incorrect.
2 sources
- Library of Congress — Yankee Doodle
He discovered a reference to it in 1767's The Disappointment, one of the first American operas.
- U.S. House of Representatives History, Art & Archives — Will the Real Thomas Forrest Please Stand Up
The operetta gained enough attention that it was set to be performed in Philadelphia in 1767 but was canceled at the last minute due to its biting satire.
A bill was introduced to the House of Representatives on July 25, 1999, recognizing Billerica, Massachusetts, as "America's Yankee Doodle Town".
The date is wrong. The congressional resolution was introduced on June 25, 1999, not July 25, 1999.
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Congressional records contradict the date given here.
The Congressional Record for June 25, 1999 lists H. Con. Res. 143: a concurrent resolution "expressing the sense of Congress that Billerica, Massachusetts, should be recognized as 'America's Yankee Doodle Town.'" Congress.gov's index for the 106th Congress also places that item at H4992 [25JN], i.e. June 25, 1999.
So the resolution mentioned in the article was introduced on June 25, 1999, not July 25, 1999.
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- Congressional Record — House, June 25, 1999
H. Con. Res. 143. Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Billerica, Massachusetts, should be recognized as 'America's Yankee Doodle Town'.
- Congress.gov Congressional Record Index — History, 106th Congress, 1st Session
Billerica, MA: recognize as 'America's Yankee Doodle Town' (see H. Con. Res. 143), H4992 [25JN].