Uncle Sam, the personification of the United States, was 'born' on Sept. 7, 1813, and inspired by New York businessman Samuel Wilson, who provided rations to troops in the War of 1812.
New York State Museum"I Want You for U.S. Army," a World War I U.S. Army recruitment poster, by artist James Montgomery Flagg, 1917.
"Teamsters, carrying the rations to the troops along rutted tracks, identified the supplies as a gift from their Uncle Sam … It seemed everything came special delivery from Uncle Sam." The abbreviation"U.S." was a"novelty" in the early days of the nation, reports the Albany Institute, so"receivers of the casks did not know that U.S. meant United States."
Uncle Sam gained widespread visibility after the Civil War when he was drawn by cartoonist Thomas Nast for major-media outlets.
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