Yankee Doodle Society, The - A group of patriotic freedom fighters on the historical adventure THE YOUNG REBELS/ABC/1970-71. Based in the town of Chester, Pennsylvania in the year 1777, this fictional organization of young rebels harassed and spied on the British occupational forces stationed in the Colonies during the American Revolution. The Yankee Doodle Society consisted of Jeremy Larkin (Rick Ely), a ponytailed politician's son; Isak Poole (Lou Gossett, Jr.), an ex-slave; Henry Abington (Alex Henteloff), a youthful Ben Franklin lookalike; and Elizabeth Coates (Hilary Thompson), Jeremy's girlfriend. Assisting the group was a 20-year-old Frenchman, General the Marquis de Lafayette (Philippe Forquet).   

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