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During the American Revolution the word tattoo was a relatively new concept. The real answer you will find in Captain Cook's voyage to Tahiti. There, they are claimed to be the first to see a tatau and the first to mis-pronounce tatau into we what we now know as 'tattoo'. The sailors brought this 'souvenir to the Western world and it really caught onto the sailors as they were the ones who traveled to these exotic places. It is said during the Revolutionary War, documents and letters were found in reference to tattoos and how it spilled from the British to the Americans.

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In the context of the Revolutionary War, the word "tattoo" referred to a ceremonial drum or bugle call that signaled the soldiers to go to their quarters for the night. It was a way to communicate the end of the day and for troops to prepare for rest and sleep.

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