Uncle Sam is an easily recognizable piece of wartime propaganda. And legend says he was based off a real person—though that may not actually be the case.

Uncle Sam, the personification of the United States, was "born" on Sept. 7, 1813, and inspired by New York businessman Samuel Wilson, who provided rations to troops in the War of 1812.

The lineage of Uncle Sam, benign personification of the nation, was again raised last week. Was this lean Yankee character in beaver hat and striped trousers who reflects the emotions of ...

Books ‘Uncle Sam’ Was Hailed as a Comics Masterpiece, Then Left to Languish. It’s Been Reissued Just in Time for the Election. The 1997 comic, in which a bedraggled Uncle Sam battles for the ...

Uncle Sam is unrecognizable . Feb. 28, 2025 at 1:25 pm ... white and blue suit and starry hat who has symbolized the United States in everything from recruiting posters to political cartoons ...

Uncle Sam is 100 years old. ... York Lantern in the mid-19th century symbolized America as a man with striped pants, a swallow-tail coat and stovepipe hat but clean-shaven.

Uncle Sam isn't the only symbol that U.S. artists and illustrators have used to convey political issues of the day. One of the earliest symbolic stand-ins for the United States was " Columbia ," a ...