The election may be over but I am appalled by the editorial cartoon, Newark Advocate, Friday, Nov. 9. It illustrates a characterization of Uncle Sam, otherwise identified as American voters ...

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and Uncle Sam. Publishing regularly in Harper's Weekly, the celebrated Nast drew thousands of cartoons during the second half of the nineteenth century. Like many Northerners, Nast supported ...

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 ...

Ramirez shows Uncle Sam running from Clinton and Trump. If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation. By using this site ...