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Uncle Sam

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Ben Jennings on the San Bernardino shootings – cartoon

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Uncle Sam and Barack Obama

Phil Hands

political cartoon

GoComics

October 29, 2023

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Steve Benson

political cartoon

GoComics

July 05, 2022

https://www.gocomics.com/stevebenson/2022/07/05

background

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1109761091/shooting-eye-witness-on-the-significance-of-the-highland-park-july-fourth-parade

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1109737244/at-least-6-are-dead-after-shooting-incident-in-highland-park-ill

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November 07, 2020

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Robert Ariail

political cartoon

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September 11, 2016

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Cameron (Cam) Cardow

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Canada

Cagle

21 January 2009

A Turning Point Action conference in Detroit in June.

The group has helped rally conservatives for Donald J. Trump.

Photograph: Nic Antaya

for The New York Times

They Came to See Trump. First They Heard a Pitch to Buy Gold and Silver.

At a recent campaign speech,

one of Donald Trump’s warm-up acts

was a precious metals salesman being sued by federal regulators for fraud.

NYT

June 24, 2024

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/
us/trump-turning-point-gold-silver.html

Voters in Maine

cast their ballots for Republican presidential candidates

on Saturday.

Photograph: Hilary Swift

for The New York Times

 The Opinion Pages | Campaign Stops

Donald Trump, the Winning Wild Card

Thomas B. Edsall

NYT

MARCH 8, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/09/
opinion/campaign-stops/donald-trump-the-winning-wild-card.html

USA > Uncle Sam        UK / USA

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/
united-states-nicknamed-uncle-sam

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/britintr.html

2024

https://www.gocomics.com/bill-bramhall/2024/07/07

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/
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https://www.gocomics.com/jeffstahler/2024/03/03

2023

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https://www.gocomics.com/garyvarvel/2023/10/17

2022

https://www.gocomics.com/phil-hands/2022/07/17

https://www.gocomics.com/lisabenson/2022/07/05

https://www.gocomics.com/stevebenson/2022/07/05

https://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen/2022/07/03

2021

https://www.gocomics.com/m2bulls/2021/08/19

https://www.gocomics.com/michaelramirez/2021/01/07

2020

https://www.npr.org/2020/11/25/
938873547/embattled-public-health-workers-leaving-at-steady-and-alarming-rate

https://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen/2020/11/07

2018

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/05/27/
611683175/parenting-advice-from-uncle-sam

2017

http://www.gocomics.com/stevebreen/2017/08/15

http://www.gocomics.com/jeffdanziger/2017/01/21

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2016

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http://www.gocomics.com/claybennett/2016/11/18

http://www.gocomics.com/robrogers/2016/11/10

http://www.gocomics.com/stevebenson/2016/11/08

http://www.gocomics.com/signewilkinson/2016/09/22

http://www.gocomics.com/mike-lester/2016/09/20

http://www.gocomics.com/robert-ariail/2016/09/11

http://www.gocomics.com/scottstantis/2016/09/10

http://www.gocomics.com/jeffdanziger/2016/08/20

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/08/
opinion/dallas-police-shooting-chappatte-hands-up-dont-shoot.html

2014

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cartoon/2014/aug/17/
iraq-isis

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/26/
sunday-review/the-shopping-list-as-policy-tool.html

2012

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/29/
opinion/brooks-the-role-of-uncle-sam.html

Uncle Sam Recruiting Poster

This version of Uncle Sam

was first published in a popular magazine in 1916

and was adopted as a military recruiting poster

when the United States entered World War I.

"The Uncle Sam Wants You" motif

has been used subsequently

to promote every conceivable cause.

During the Vietnam War

it became an anti-war poster.

James Montgomery Flagg.

New York: Leslie-Judge Co., 191. Color Lithograph.

Prints and Photographs Division,

https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/

Library of Congress (77)

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/images/77vc.jpg 

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/britintr.html 

https://www.gocomics.com/garyvarvel/2023/10/17

James Montgomery Flagg    1877-1960

Perhaps the most famous

image of Uncle Sam

was created by artist

James Montgomery Flagg

(1877-1960).

In Flagg’s version,

Uncle Sam wears

a tall top hat and blue jacket

and is pointing straight ahead

at the viewer.

During World War I,

this portrait of Sam with the words

“I Want You For The U.S. Army”

was used as a recruiting poster.

The image,

which became immensely popular,

was first used on the cover

of Leslie’s Weekly in July 1916

with the title

“What Are You Doing for Preparedness?”

The poster was widely distributed

and has subsequently

been re-used numerous times

with different captions.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/
united-states-nicknamed-uncle-sam

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/
united-states-nicknamed-uncle-sam

Chicago: S. Brainard's Sons, [1898].

Sheet music cover.

Music division, Library of Congress (75A)

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/images/75avc.jpg 

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/british/britintr.html

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