Special to The Desert Sun

"Father and I went down to campAlong with Captain GoodingAnd there we saw the men and boysAs thick as hasty pudding"

So goes a verse in the classic song "Yankee Doodle." And on Oct. 23, men in Revolutionary War uniforms were indeed thick as hasty pudding when they met at Desert Memorial Park's pavilion, replete in red, white and blue bunting. The Coachella Valley Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution was celebrating not only the country's 250th anniversary but their chapter's 30th anniversary.

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