Uncle Sam, the personified symbol of the U.S. government, originated from the War of 1812. Sam Wilson was a 19th-century meat packer in New York who stamped ‘U.S.’ on all his deliveries to soldiers. During the War of 1812, soldiers labeled the meat supplies as gifts from ‘Uncle Sam,’ and the nickname was cemented. His […]
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