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America’s Star Spangled Patriot — UNCLE SAM
by Roy Nuhn The original Uncle Sam was a government’s administration of it
Uncle Sam - that smiling old real person, Samuel Wilson, an quite inept and bumbling.
gent with the pointed beard, stove- Army meat inspector at Troy, New Soon “Uncle Sam” became a
pipe hat and stars-and-stripes suit York, during the War of 1812. Like nationwide rallying call for anti-
- is easily the most recognized other inspectors for the U.S. Army, government criticism.
national symbol in the world today. Wilson imprinted a large “U.S. on Like “Yankee Doodle,” originally
So much so that back in 1961 all passed goods. After a while, another contemptuous reference,
the U.S. Congress made him our the soldiers and folks in the area Uncle Sam soon became quite
official emissary. Yet, though he began calling him “Uncle Sam,” a respectable and a beloved, revered
has long been the personification combination of the “U.S.” mark and piece of American folklore. He
of patriotism and the greatness and his first name. took on the characteristics of a
pride that is America, Uncle Sam In a very short time, everything wily Yankee, perhaps based on the
started off as an unkind caricature of associated with the Army and character, Brother Jonathan, in the
everything that was wrong with the federal government came to be play, “The Contrast,” first produced
country. considered as belonging to “Uncle in 1787 and a popular item on
Pre-1920 era postcard depicting a little
boy Uncle Sam (publisher unknown) Sam,” but in a derogatory way since many touring theatrical company’s
the war with Great Britain was a repertoire for many generations.
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Uncle Sam with some firecrackers
(postcard by anonymous publisher, circa 1910)
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