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Uncle Sam Wants YOU Poster
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Classmate One Artifact—(Uncle Sam Wants YOU Poster)
The universal idea of the “Uncle Sam Wants You” poster is to encourage young people to join the military services and dedicate their life to protecting and serving the country. Was it for the goodness of the country? According to Laura Wise, Samuel Wilson ran a meat-packing and distribution business, and was known locally in his Massachusetts town as “Uncle” Sam. During the war of 1812, he supplied meat to the U.S. Army. The boxes were stamped with “U.S.” for United States, which the soldiers joked meant
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