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  1. The Spirit of '76 is a well-known painting by the Ohio artist and Union Civil War veteran Archibald Willard. The painting, originally titled Yankee Doodle, was created in 1875 for the Centennial Exposition. The piece acquired the name "Spirit of 76" while it was on tour in Boston.

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  3. Learn about the history and significance of the SPIRIT OF '76, a patriotic oil painting by Archibald Willard that depicts soldiers in the American Revolution. Find out how the painting was created, exhibited, and copied, and where to see it in Cleveland.

  4. The Spirit Of ’76. 20 min read. A- A+. It wasn’t just tenacity in the face of military disaster, it was the powerful fusion of strengths that Americans had long nurtured—and that could now give them a nation. David Hackett Fischer. February/March 2004. Volume. 55. Issue. 1.

  5. Willard's most famous work is The Spirit of '76, previously known as Yankee Doodle, which was exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1876. Common myths claim that people were so inspired by it that Willard was invited to show his painting and that even then president Grant gave his praise.

  6. Spirit of '76, released in May 1975, was the first of four albums that Spirit would (initially) release for Mercury Records, and their sixth album overall.

  7. In 1918, producer Robert Goldstein was convicted and imprisoned under the Espionage Act of 1917 for screening The Spirit of ’76, a movie about the American Revolution that authorities deemed subversively anti-British.