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As Westport gears up to celebrate its annual "Yankee Doodle Day," the Ricardos and the Mertzes are swept up in the patriotic fervor. Despite his thick Cuban accent (or maybe because of it?), Ricky (Desi Arnaz) is selected to give the dedication speech at the unveiling of a new Revolutionary War monument, the centerpiece of which is a stone sculpture of a kneeling Yankee soldier. Alas, Lucy (Lucille Ball) accidentally breaks the statue, forcing her to take drastic action (and adopt yet another "clever" disguise) for the unveiling. This 180th and final half-hour I Love Lucy episode features Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz' four-year-old son, Desi Arnaz Jr., as an extra in the climactic sequence (but not Desi Jr.'s six-year-old sister, Lucie Arnaz, despite previously published reports).