As a side piece of history, whenYankee Doodle Dandywas first released for its world premiere on Memorial Day, 1942 on Broadway, further special engagements were also scheduled around Independence Day (Cohan""s alleged birthdate).Kindly reply for definite appointment at White House.Stephen T.EarlySecretary to the PresidentNot knowing the purpose of the invitation and his summoning by the President, George is a bit worried and anxious and thinks he is going to be chastised: "What did I tell ya? Comin"" at a time like this with everything he has on his mind." Once the US Security Council received the report of the delivery about six hours later, he predicted a "military strike within a week.[In the play, Maggie had allegedly seduced Skipper, an instance of heterosexual infidelity - to keep theirhomosexualrelationship at bay - an important plot element missing in the film.