Who is Uncle Sam?
While no one is actually sure of his origins, Uncle Sam has been with us since the early 1800s. In all likelihood, he was the hybrid of two different beginnings. The name Uncle Sam appears to have been given to a man named Samuel Wilson, who slaughtered and supplied large amounts of meat to the newly formed United States Army. His shipping crates carried the stamp U.S. which someone, jokingly or otherwise, suggested stood for Uncle Sam Wilson, and this nickname came to symbolize the Federal Government.
