The Origins of the Uncle Sam “I Want You” Poster. ... popularized the elephant and donkey as political mascots—boosted the ...

No doubt, Uncle Sam’s outstanding obligation of $35 trillion – yes, that’s trillion, with a “T” – looks like a very, very big number. Also consider that in 2020, the total was “only ...

Uncle Sam didn’t really become a household name until Thomas Nast’s sketches in Harper’s Weekly in the late 1860s and ’70s, when Nast made him a hero of the Union cause.

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 ...

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Uncle Sam: Special Election Edition is now available at comic shops everywhere. Matt Morrison Matt Morrison has been writing about comics and superheroes for nearly two decades.

The famous (or infamous) Uncle Sam billboard on I-5 in Washington between Centralia and Chehalis near Exit 72 may finally, for real, be coming down. Generations of Oregon drivers headed to Seattle ...

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, died ...

President Bola Tinubu has showered encomium on the publisher of Vanguard media, Prince Sam Amuka-Pemu, describing him as an elder statesman. Prince Amuka-Pemu, popularly known as Uncle Sam turned ...

Three Ways to Pay Less Taxes to Uncle Sam. Retirees especially could benefit from these tax-efficient strategies that focus on what you leave your heirs and what kind of accounts your money is in.

Uncle Sam—clad in red, white, ... popularized the elephant and donkey as political mascots—boosted the character’s image with his illustrations in the 1860s and ‘70s.