2.Most people don’t know that that the character “Uncle Sam” was based on an actual person. If some people do know it was based on someone, they would date it back to the twentieth century, when it is really dated further back. Uncle Sam dates back to the War of 1812. At the time of the War in 1812, there was a need for a new symbolic symbol, which had faded from the Revolutionary War. The character Uncle Sam was based on a man names Samuel Wilson. He was born in Massachusetts, but then settles in Troy, New York. He moved to Troy with his brother, Ebenezer, which was where they started the firm E & S Wilson. It was through that where they got the contracts from the War of 1812 that gave Uncle Sam Wilson his popularity. One of the contracts had to deal with they supply of meats for the Army. On the side of the barrel on the rations of meat where it said U.S., someone related the U.S to “Uncle Sam”, who they all knew was feeding the army.
It was hard to trace the popular cartoon character back to Sam Wilson, but his great- and great-great nephews confirmed it. There were many versions of his character, but the final version came about in 1917 by James Montgomery Flagg. It was the popular “I Want You” version that was to recruit citizens into the Army. Even though there are many versions, this is the standard one.
3. This article was helpful to me because it tells who Uncle Sam was connected to and when it was originated. The intended audience was whoever wants to read about the character of Uncle Sam.
1 comment:
You need more research on your topic. Did the Uncle Sam campaign increase the number of people enlisting in the army? How has it become part of our national iconography?
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