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Originally Posted by MonBon View Post
What sparked the term 'Uncle Sam' for the United States?

Samuel Wilson the meat packer. he supplied beef to the US soldiers during the war and the U.S. on the side came to mean uncle sam's rather than united states.
I love this myth, I really do, and it is close, but this just isn't the answer.

Old Posted 08-28-2019, 09:11 PM