Uncle Sam didn’t really become a household name until Thomas Nast’s sketches in Harper’s Weekly in the late 1860s and ’70s, when Nast made him a hero of the Union cause. An 1869 cartoon by ...

Those who are fans of the rapper’s political messaging — first made prominent in his 2014 To Pimp a Butterfly album— were also satisfied by the presence of “Uncle Sam,” played by Samuel L.

Along with thoughts of beer and fireworks, Uncle Sam generally comes ... to lecture folks about improper behavior. Sam got his beard in 1870 in Harper's Weekly. Eventually a series of gifted ...

Under the Trump administration, Uncle Sam is a deadbeat. The overdue bill was eventually paid, months late, and subsequent bills have been paid late, too, though not as late. Operations at the ...