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<v Speaker 1>Well, welcome to the Stupid Distruy Minute. I'm your host,

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<v Speaker 1>KEP Pound. Today we're talking about Uncle Sam. Uncle Sam

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<v Speaker 1>wasn't a president, a general, or even a politician. The

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<v Speaker 1>nickname is widely believed to come from Samuel Wilson, a

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<v Speaker 1>meat packer from Troy, New York See. During the War

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<v Speaker 1>of eighteen twelve, Wilson supplied barrels of beef to the

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<v Speaker 1>US Army stamped US soldiers joked that the initials stood

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<v Speaker 1>for Uncle Sam, and the nickname quickly spread as a

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<v Speaker 1>personification of the United States. The famous image of Uncle

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<v Speaker 1>Sam pointing and saying I want you was created by

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<v Speaker 1>illustrator James Montgomery Flag in nineteen seventeen as a military

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<v Speaker 1>recruiting poster. Not bad for a guy who's really just

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<v Speaker 1>packing beef. This has been the Stupid History Minute, and

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<v Speaker 1>I'm kept Pound. This podcast is a production of Unfiltered Studios.

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