Word: sams
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...Uncle Sam's defining portrait - the finger-pointing, bewhiskered gent of the "I Want You" World War I recruitment posters - were painted by James Montgomery Flagg, a LIFE Magazine illustrator. Flagg's drawing first appeared on the July 6, 1916 cover of Leslie's Weekly, with the title "What are You Doing for Preparedness?" It became a national ad campaign a year later...
...Uncle first hit the funny pages in 1940, with an appearance in the National Comics series, published by the now defunct Quality Comics. In the series, Uncle Sam was a Revolutionary War soldier whose soul merged with the spirit of Liberty. He was killed in battle but remained on Earth to fight for freedom. He briefly starred in his own comic book, Uncle Sam's Quarterly, which was published from 1941-1943. After a long hiatus (although he was memorably parodied by Mad magazine's Alfred E. Neuman during the Vietnam War), Uncle Sam returned to comics...
...From "I Want You (To Vote)" campaign buttons to appearances as political rallies, Uncle Sam's election campaign contributions have been varied. During Hillary Clinton's first U.S. Senate campaign in 2000, the Democratic Party frequently sent a young volunteer dressed as Uncle Sam to her opponent's campaign events, to publicly ask him to disclose his tax returns...
...Uncle Sam needs, I'll be glad to assist him." Quote from a spring 1813 broadsheet, the first time the term appeared in print
...Loss upon loss, and no ill luck stirring but what lights upon Uncle Sam's shoulders," The editors of the Troy Post, Sept. 7, 1813. This is frequently but incorrectly cited as the first use of the term