Why Did Yankee Doodle Stick a Feather in His Cap and Call it Macaroni and What Does the Song Mean?

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Karen Hill

The famous American patriotic song “Yankee Doodle” actually began as an English song of derision against the colonists.

At the time there was a Macaroni Club in London which catered to foppish, wealthy young men who copied everything Italian, including sticking a feather in their caps, which to many became the sign of a “sissy.”

When the Americans began winning the war they took possession of the song “Yankee Doodle” as revenge.

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