One of the most prominent representations of Uncle Sam in popular culture is a poster of him pointing at the viewer with the words "I Want YOU," used for U.S. military recruitment initiatives.

The 1997 comic, in which a bedraggled Uncle Sam battles for the soul of America, was “radical” in its day and soon fell out of print. Are 2024 audiences better equipped to handle it?

Flagg, James Montgomery Description Original pencil and watercolor drawing of Uncle Sam by James Montgomery Flagg for the “I Want You for U.S. Army” recruitment campaign, 1917. Depicted is Uncle Sam ...

A Tribute to Uncle Sam at 90, by Azu Ishiekwene I encountered the relic of his presence long before I met Sam Amuka, known as Uncle Sam.

Uncle Sam’s mother died at 109. Apart from his older brother, Oritsedere, who passed in 2002, the other three from the same mother are still alive, and the youngest is a woman, Amanaghan, 76.

Were you fortunate to have had a favorite uncle when you were younger? Someone who personified kindness? I was. My family and I had a positive memory of a certain Uncle Sam who welcomed our ...

“Simply pointing out realism like the borders won’t be rolled back to what everybody would like them to be in 2014 is not a concession to [Russian President] Vladimir Putin,” he said Thursday.

Earlier this year, he planted a picture of Uncle Sam holding a skin-colour chart at the Mexican border in Texas – "You must be this color to enter this country," says Sam, jovially pointing to a ...

Those posters, which showed Uncle Sam pointing at the viewer accompanied by the straightforward tagline of “I want you for U.S. Army,” cemented the symbol’s place in U.S. history.

One of the most prominent representations of Uncle Sam in popular culture is a poster of him pointing at the viewer with the words "I Want YOU," used for U.S. military recruitment initiatives.