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Uncle Sam poster from 1917 by J. M. Flagg. The other image had more to do with Columbia.
[[File:Judge-2-6-1897.jpg|thumb|150px|Columbia (the American people) reaches out to help oppressed Cuba in 1897 while Uncle Sam (the US Government) is blind. ''Judge'' Feb. 6, 1897]]
[[File:UncleSam.jpg|thumb|150px|Uncle Sam poster from 1917 by J. M. Flagg]]
'''Uncle Sam''' is a [[personification]] of the [[United States of America]]. He is an old man with a white beard and a star-studded [[top hat]], who points at the viewer with one hand. Uncle Sam was first invented during the War of 1812, when the symbols of America were still the goddess [[Columbia]] and [[Yankee Doodle]] (the hero of a minstrel song). Uncle Sam quickly took over their roles in popular culture, and they are rarely heard from today.
'''Uncle Sam''' is a [[personification]] of the [[United States of America]]. He is an old man with a white beard and a star-studded [[top hat]], who points at the viewer with one hand. Uncle Sam was first invented during the War of 1812, when the symbols of America were still the goddess [[Columbia]] and [[Yankee Doodle]] (the hero of a minstrel song). Uncle Sam quickly took over their roles in popular culture, and they are rarely heard from today.