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's 1917 , based on the original British Lord Kitchener Poster of three years earlier, was used to recruit soldiers for both World War I and World War II . Flagg used a modified version of his own face for Uncle Sam, and veteran Walter Botts provided the pose.1]] Uncle Sam is a National Personification of the United States , with the first usage of the term dating from the War Of 1812 and the first illustration dating from 1852. He is often depicted as a serious elderly man with white hair and a Goatee , dressed in clothing that recalls the design elements of the Flag Of The United States —for example, a Top Hat with red and white stripes and white stars on a blue band, and red and white trousers. ORIGIN OF THE NAME Common folklore holds origins trace back to soldiers stationed in upstate , and a monument marks his burial in Oakwood Cemetery, Troy, New York . The first use of the term in literature is seen in an 1816 allegorical book, The Adventures of Uncle Sam in Search After His Lost Honor by Frederick Augustus Fidfaddy, Esq., also in reference to the aforementioned Samuel Wilson. Another theory suggests that Uncle Sam was a creation by Irish immigrants to the U.S. who used the Gaelic acronym, SAM, or ''Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá'', which is the translation for United States of America, as a nickname for their new host country. However, the precise origin of the term may never be proven. History.com quotes about it. Also a mention on a post here . Earlier representative figures of the United States included such beings as " Brother Jonathan ," used by '' Punch '' magazine. These were overtaken by Uncle Sam somewhere around the time of the Civil War . The female personification " Columbia " has seldom been seen since the 1920s . WORLD WAR I POSTER During World War I , a very famous Poster , inspired by a British Recruitment Poster , depicted Uncle Sam pointing at the people with the words ''I WANT YOU FOR U.S. ARMY''. The artist James Montgomery Flagg , who painted the poster in 1917 , used a modified version of his own face for Uncle Sam. Veteran Walter Botts posed for the drawing that became Uncle Sam. Flagg first created the image for the July 6, 1916, issue of Leslie's Weekly magazine before reusing it as a poster.2 The poster was based on a 1914 Recruitment Poster from Britain featuring Lord Kitchener , which was designed by Alfred Leete . The 1914 UK poster and the 1917 US version have been repeatedly imitated (and parodied), with many different variations on the simple "Want(s) you" slogan. |
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