Uncle Sam is the personification of the United States federal government, dating back to the 19th century. He's typically depicted as an older gentleman sporting a star-spangled top hat and red ...

She has a profound love for Mount Vernons, plural. One, the home of Washington. The other, the small Ohio city where she was ...

An Arkansas woman is the oldest living descendant of Sam Wilson, the real-life inspiration for the iconic Uncle Sam.

Uncle Sam, long a symbol of the U.S. government, was inspired by a real person — Sam Wilson, a meatpacker from Troy, New York, born in 1766.

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 ...