I never knew this, but was this just a man made up, or did he really exist?
2007-01-29 05:48:57 · 23 answers · asked by Fantasy686 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Made up.
"Common folklore holds origins trace back to soldiers stationed in upstate New York, who would receive barrels of meat stamped with the initials U.S. The soldiers jokingly referred to it as the initials of the troops' meat supplier, "Uncle" Samuel Wilson, of Troy, New York. The 87th United States Congress adopted the following resolution on September 15, 1961: "Resolved by the Senate and the House of Representatives that the Congress salutes Uncle Sam Wilson of Troy, New York, as the progenitor of America's National symbol of Uncle Sam." A monument marks his birthplace in Arlington, Massachusetts, and a monument marks his burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York."
2007-01-29 05:51:36 · answer #1 · answered by Cribbage 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
He was made up. U.S. Uncle Sam.
When soldiers got new supplies in that they had been waiting on for quite a while an unknown Supply Sergeant joked that the whole unit had received care packages from a rich relative. When asked which relative that was the Supply Sergeant replied "Uncle Sam" because all of the supplies were stamped "Property of U.S." Which was later changed to "Property of U.S. Government" by the time I joined.
2007-01-29 05:55:15 · answer #2 · answered by crazylifer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a created figure:
James Montgomery Flagg, creator of this illustration of Uncle Sam, was born on June 18, 1877 in Pelham Manor, New York. Flagg claimed his illustration, an indelible American icon, had become the most famous poster in the world.
Here's the link
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/jun18.html
2007-01-29 05:56:24 · answer #3 · answered by fdm215 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
we was made up and real he was based on a real person but is fake just like the woman power chick that say "we can do it" she actually had a name like bolter bethera or rivet riely or somthing like that he was used to get people to enlist in ww2 cool huh?!
from wikipedia
Thomas Nast played an important role in creating the popular image of Uncle Sam in his post-Civil War era editorial cartoons. After the American Civil War, whiskers were added to Uncle Sam in reference to Abraham Lincoln. Today, with the possible exception of the Statue of Liberty, the character of Uncle Sam is probably the most easily recognizable personification of the U.S.
2007-01-29 05:52:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was real. He was the founder of out country. j/k...
Uncle Sam, or US, shares the same initials as the US and embodies more the US government as opposed to the US.
Before Uncle Sam, the spirit of the US was embodied by Lady Liberty or Columbia depicted as a woman. As a matter of fact, US citizens were initially known as Columbians for many years until American became more in use, in part, to avoid confusion with Colombians (from Colombia).
2007-01-29 05:54:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Historians aren't completely certain how the character "Uncle Sam" was created, or who (if anyone) he was named after. The prevailing theory is that Uncle Sam was named after Samuel Wilson.
2007-01-29 05:55:43 · answer #6 · answered by sl6970 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Made up to inspire joining the Armed Forces before World War I !!
2007-01-29 05:53:03 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
He did actually exist. Not in the way his is potrayed. He was a government inspector, that, upon inspecting the item he put a US stamp of approval on it. And fellow employee's and business associates started to call him, Uncle Sam (US)... I believe that it was around WW1 is when the one we all know and love came to being...
2007-01-29 05:59:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Made Up.
2007-01-29 05:56:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
made up they thought it was catchy with the U(uncle) S(sam) abbreviation
He's no more real than the sand man
2007-01-29 05:52:24 · answer #10 · answered by SP 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋