There has been much justified lamentation about the taxpayers funding Hank and Ben’s Excellent Adventure. But seeing as we’re now a debtor nation (soon, perhaps, to finally realize the ...

In a horror Fourth of July accident, a man dressed as Uncle Sam died after lighting a firework ... "He was holding this firework over his top hat I thought he was just showboating before he ...

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 ...

Being named Hingham’s next Uncle ... the Uncle Sam uniform, he often places his car keys or something else he doesn’t want to lose in the top compartment. The colorful tall hat, which came ...

Onlookers, clueless, asked who’s the guy with the striped pants and top hat? Told he was “Uncle Sam.” They asked whose uncle he was. Next July 31 marks the 170th year of the real Uncle Sam ...

A look underneath the top hat: • Uncle Sam was, believe it or not, a real person. During the war of 1812, American troops near the Canadian border received barrels of pork and beef from a Troy ...

The story is told impressionistically; the character of Uncle Sam—if you’re picturing the one in the famous James Montgomery Flagg painting of a bearded man in a star-spangled top hat pointing ...

For good reason. Flagg’s poster of a stern-looking Uncle Sam — red tie, blue coat and white top hat accented with a blue hatband and white stars — pointing with the words “I WANT YOU FOR ...

From the patriotic number that Uncle Sam sports to the titular topper in Dr. Seuss’ The Cat in the Hat, top hats showcase personality and style—and their history is just as colorful as the ...