A mural depicting a fife and drum corps greets visitors to Rensselaer, N.Y., Thursday, June 26, 2008 A state archaeologist believes he has narrowed down the date when Dr. Richard Shuckburgh, a British army physician, penned the lyrics to "Yankee Doodle." As the story goes, Shuckburgh wrote the lyrics at Fort Crailo, in Rensselaer, after being amused by the sloppy drill and appearance of New England militiamen. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)