military recruitment poster. The first illustrated American Uncle Sam isn’t even the hero of his own cartoon. Here’s a look at our national personification, his strange history, and his even ...

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 ...

The name caught on and spread to editorial cartoons on both sides of the Atlantic. But everybody remembers just one Uncle Sam. For good reason. Flagg’s poster of a stern-looking Uncle Sam ...