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J. M. Flagg's 1917 poster, based on the original British Lord Kitchener poster of three years earlier, was used to recruit soldiers for both World War I and World War II. Flagg used a modified version of his own face for Uncle Sam, and veteran Waltr Botts provided the pose.^[1]

An evil Uncle Sam on a banner in an anti-American demonstration, Vienna, 2005. The text translates as "Tie Goliath's hands—he's gone crazy". ( Details)

Uncle Sam is a national personification of the United States, with the first usage of the term dating from the War of 1812 and the first illustration dating from 1852. He is often depicted as a serious elderly man with white hair and a goatee, with a strong resemblance to President Abraham Lincoln, and dressed in clothing that recalls the design elements of the flag of the United States—for example, a top hat with red and blue stripes and white stars on a blue band, and red and white trousers. Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... Uncle Sam Wilson Samuel Wilson (Uncle Sam) (September 13, 1766 - July 31, 1854) was a meat-packer in Troy, New York. ... Uncle Sam is an iconic figure and a national personification of the United States of America. ... Uncle Sam recruiting poster. ... Uncle Sam recruiting poster. ... Flaggs famous depiction of Uncle Sam James Montgomery Flagg (June 18, 1877 - May 27, 1960) was a American artist and illustrator. ... Britons: Lord Kitchener Wants You. ... “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1042 KB)An anti-American protest banner seen at the Volksstimmefest, Vienna, Austria, September 4, 2005. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1042 KB)An anti-American protest banner seen at the Volksstimmefest, Vienna, Austria, September 4, 2005. ... For other uses, see Vienna (disambiguation). ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the biblical warrior. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2560x1920, 1042 KB)An anti-American protest banner seen at the Volksstimmefest, Vienna, Austria, September 4, 2005. ... Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I. Germania representing Germany, from 1848. ... This article is about the U.S. – U.K. war. ... The late Waylon Jennings with a goatee in 1999. ... For other uses, see Abraham Lincoln (disambiguation). ... Union Jack. ... Duke Ellington wearing a top hat. ...

Origin of the Name

Common folklore holds origins trace back to soldiers stationed in upstate New York, who would receive barrels of meat stamped with the initials U.S. The soldiers jokingly referred to it as the initials of the troops' meat supplier, Samuel Wilson of Troy, New York. The 87th United States Congress adopted the following resolution on September 15, 1961: "Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives that the Congress salutes Uncle Sam Wilson of Troy, New York, as the progenitor of America's National symbol of Uncle Sam." A monument marks his birthplace in Arlington, Massachusetts, and a monument marks his burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York. Another sign marks "The boyhood home of Uncle Sam" outside his second home in Mason, NH. The first use of the term in literature is seen in an 1816 allegorical book, The Adventures of Uncle Sam in Search After His Lost Honor by Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq., also in reference to the aforementioned Samuel Wilson. This article is about the state. ... Uncle Sam Wilson Samuel Wilson (Uncle Sam) (September 13, 1766 - July 31, 1854) was a meat-packer in Troy, New York. ... Looking west down Broadway at downtown Troy. ... Sessions of the 87th Congress, (1961-1963) Categories: United States Congress by session ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1635 Incorporated 1807 Government  - Type Representative town meeting  - Town Manager Brian Sullivan  - Board of    Selectmen Kevin F. Greeley Annie LaCourt Diane Mahon Clarissa Rowe John W. Hurd Area  - Town  5. ... Looking west down Broadway at downtown Troy. ...

Another theory suggests that Uncle Sam was a creation by Irish immigrants to the U.S. who used the Gaelic acronym, SAM, or Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá, which is the translation for United States of America, as a nickname for their new host country. However, the precise origin of the term may never be proven. This article is about the modern Goidelic language. ...

Earlier representative figures of the United States included such beings as "Brother Jonathan," used by Punch magazine. These were overtaken by Uncle Sam somewhere around the time of the Civil War. The female personification "Columbia" has seldom been seen since the 1920s. Brother Jonathan was a fictional character created to personify the entire United States, in the early days of the countrys existence. ... Punch was a British weekly magazine of humour and satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total... The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ...

Other media

The logo of the New York Yankees features Uncle Sam's hat.

In addition to the appearance of Uncle Sam in politics, the character has also appeared as a comic book hero for both Quality and DC Comics. He is presented as the living embodiment of the United States and is the leader of the Freedom Fighters. See Uncle Sam (comics). There was also a short cartoon in the 1980s called "Uncle Sam's Adventures." Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as... Crack Comics #1 (May, 1940), featuring the Clock, previously introduced as the first masked comic book superhero. ... DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company. ... In the Golden Age of Comic Books of the 1940s, Will Eisner created a superhero version of Uncle Sam for Quality Comics. ...

Furthermore, Uncle Sam appeared as a horror villain in the eponymously titled 1997 film, Uncle Sam. In this film, a veteran who died during Desert Storm rises from the dead to exact justice upon some teenagers who burned the American Flag on his grave.

Major League Baseball's New York Yankees feature Uncle Sam's hat in their team logo, where it sits atop a bat that forms the vertical line of the "K" in "Yankees". The hat is frequently used in imagery pertaining to the team, and fans often wear Uncle Sam hats to games or other functions. Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as...

In music, rock group Grateful Dead featured a skeletal Uncle Sam as one of the band's symbols. Uncle Sam, referred to in their song U.S. Blues, is one of the many elements that compose the band's "American mythology". This article is about the band. ...

In the Superkids comic Making of America, Chuck the mouse wears an Uncle Sam costume. In the comic, George Washington shows the costume to Betsy Ross and that gives her the idea of the design of the American flag. In the World War II issue Chuck sees an Uncle Sam poster and says "That looks farmiliar" remembering the Alamo and his love Sir Benjamin the Great.

In the 2007 film Across the Universe, Uncle Sam comes to life and reaches out of his poster to grab Max into the U.S. army, while singing the Beatles song "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".

See also

General subject

• National personification
• Nationalism

National context Britannia arm-in-arm with Uncle Sam symbolizes the British-American alliance in World War I. Germania representing Germany, from 1848. ... Eugène Delacroixs Liberty Leading the People, symbolising French nationalism during the July Revolution 1830. ...

• UK : John Bull
• Northern Europe : Finnish Maiden
• US : Samuel Wilson, Yankee Doodle
• Brother Jonathan
• France : Marianne
• Germany & Austria : Germania, Deutscher Michel
• Sweden : Mother Svea

Related parodies World War I recruiting poster An earlier John Bull where he actually IS a bull John Bull is a national personification of the Kingdom of Great Britain created by Dr. John Arbuthnot in 1712, and popularised first by British print makers and then overseas by illustrators and writers such as... The Maiden of Finland (Finnish: Suomi-neito) is the national personification of Finland, much as Marianne in France, Britannia in the United Kingdom, Deutscher Michel in Germany and Uncle Sam for the United States. ... Uncle Sam Wilson Samuel Wilson (Uncle Sam) (September 13, 1766 - July 31, 1854) was a meat-packer in Troy, New York. ... Yankee Doodle is a well-known American song, often sung patriotically today . ... Brother Jonathan was a fictional character created to personify the entire United States, in the early days of the countrys existence. ... Marianne busts with features of Brigitte Bardot - Catherine Deneuve - Mireille Mathieu Marianne, a national emblem of France, is a personification of Liberty and Reason. ... Germania is a painting by Philipp Veit(1793-1877) created in March 1848. ... Deutscher Michel is a personification of the German nation, much as Uncle Sam is for Americans and Marianne for the French. ... Mother Svea. ...

• Uncle Jam Wants You (album by Funkadelic)

Uncle Jam Wants You is an album by Funkadelic. ...

Bibliography

• Fenster, Bob. They Did What!?, Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0-7407-3793-7

References

1. ^ The Most Famous Poster. American Treasures of the Library of Congress.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Uncle Sam

• "The Most Famous Poster," U.S. Library of Congress
• Historical Uncle Sam Pictures
• James Montgomery Flagg's 1917 "I Want You" Poster and other works (Internet Archive copy from 2004 October 28)
• What's the origin of Uncle Sam? The Straight Dope
• "USA Thinking Team" - new images of a modern Uncle Sam promoting peace. Messages from his helpmate, Aunt Sarah.