Uncle Sam, a similar-looking guy with a beard, had come on the scene around the time of the War of 1812, but in 1860 Tenniel was still using Jonathan for the United States, often portraying him as ...

A man's death has been ruled an accident after he lit a firework off of his Uncle Sam top hat on the Fourth of July, a South Carolina coroner told USA TODAY Monday. Allen Ray McGrew, 41, died ...

The lineage of Uncle Sam, benign personification of the nation, was again raised last week. Was this lean Yankee character in beaver hat and striped trousers who reflects the emotions of ...