A man's death has been ruled an accident after he lit a firework off of his Uncle Sam top hat on the Fourth of July, a South Carolina coroner told USA TODAY Monday. Allen Ray McGrew, 41 ...

Uncle Sam is one tough old avatar ... He’s evolved in small ways—his costume has varied, his hat and necktie have been tweaked. But it's 2021—is it time for something new?

He wears a colonial hat and a mischievous smile as he assaults ... he was slowly edged out by the figure we now know as Uncle Sam, originally named after a meat magnate from New York State.