He was born just a few blocks from where I grew up -- Jimmy Cagney, the American film legend who played George M. Cohan, the man who owned Broadway. Cohan wrote the American anthems “Yankee Doodle Boy ...

This coming Friday will mark the 249th birthday of our nation, and as has been the theme for so many years past, it will be filled with many celebrations, marked by parades, patriotic music, and ...

What’s this, Jon Peterson (aka Peter Sellers) singing “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy” in all its star-spangled Broadway glory? The question emerges because Peterson does sound very much like a Brit when ...

Pop quiz: Which of the following songs are familiar to you? "I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy," "Give My Regards to Broadway," "It's a Grand Old Flag," "Over There." For extra credit, how many of these songs ...

From the tension, Yankees president Randy Levine actually — virtually — tore his hair out. A whole clumpful. Meanwhile, at the game, Bill O’Reilly: “Sunday my new book ‘Killing Kennedy’ debuts as No.

Musical Theatre West Footlighters held its “Music in the Morning” luncheon with a Yankee Doodle Dandy/4th of July décor. The flowers and flags centerpieces made an energetic and fun first impression ...

A week before the election, the Oak Brook Women`s Club did their part to get out the vote. The appropriately timed theme of their annual luncheon and fashion show was Fashion-American Style. In the ...

It seemed too good to be true. George Steinbrenner, the owner who quotes liberally from Patton and MacArthur, who has military flyovers in spring training games, was born on the Fourth of July. Or so ...

BILLERICA — It’s something residents have known for a long, long time. But 240 years later, it still wasn’t official. That’s until Tuesday, when Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill on the steps of the ...

That old typing exercise – “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country” – seems relevant in a way that it never has before. With the Republic at mortal risk Donald Trump, ...