Uncle Sam

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• 4/7/19
  

  The Propaganda Posters That Won The U.S. Home Front

  by Albinko Hasic

  Artists suddenly became soldiers on the front to win the hearts and minds of the American public. 

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• SOURCE: NYT
  4-19-16
  

  Sorry Samuel Wilson. You don’t deserve the credit for inventing “Uncle Sam” as a reference for the United States government

  The first reference to Uncle Sam has been traced to Isaac Mayo, a 16-year-old midshipman on the U.S.S. Wasp, who reported for duty at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on March 1, 1810.