At last month’s arraignment in Atlanta, a guy in an Uncle Sam costume said: “The Constitution’s my birth certificate, socialism’s my death certificate.” Onlookers, clueless, asked who ...

Was Uncle Sam a real person? Uncle Sam was based on a real person—at least, according to the government-sanctioned version of the symbol’s history. His name was Sam Wilson (yes, like The ...

7, 1813, according to History.com and other sources. "Uncle Sam was inspired by Troy, New York, meatpacker ‘Uncle’ Sam Wilson, who supplied troops with rations way back during the War of 1812 ...