Uncle Sam: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Add new Web site: NPR - How Uncle Sam Helps Define America's Diet. Jul 03, 2026
Added a cross-reference to Yankee Doodle. May 12, 2025
Add new Web site: Project Muse - Who is Uncle Sam? 19th Century Pre-Narrative Figures and the Emergence of Transmedia Character Culture (PDF). Dec 14, 2024
Links added. Oct 30, 2023
Add new Web site: National Museum of American History - Uncle Sam: The man and the meme. Sep 01, 2023
Add new Web site: Legends of America - The Origin of Uncle Sam. Feb 15, 2023
Add new Web site: National Geographic - Uncle Sam. May 09, 2022
Add new Web site: Investopedia - Uncle Sam. May 09, 2022
Corrected display issue. May 05, 2020
Add new Web site: Social Studies for Kids - The Story of Uncle Sam. Dec 12, 2019
Corrected display issue. Mar 14, 2019
Add new Web site: Kansas Historical Society - Kansapedia - Uncle Sam Army Recruitment Poster. Mar 06, 2019
Add new Web site: USA For Kids - Uncle Sam. Jan 17, 2017
Added treatment of cartoonists who developed the modern image of Uncle Sam. Apr 01, 2015
Media added. Apr 01, 2015
Add new Web site: The Civil War - Uncle Sam. Jun 05, 2014
Media added. May 10, 2007
Added new Web site: Library of Congress - John Bull & Uncle Sam: Four Centuries of British-American Relations. Oct 19, 2006
Added new Web site: Library of Congress - The Most Famous Poster. Oct 13, 2006
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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