Uncle Sam

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cultural icon fictional character national personification symbol

Uncle Sam is the iconic, bearded figure in a star-spangled top hat who personifies the United States in political cartoons, posters, and popular culture.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Uncle Sam canonical	25
Uncle Sam (folk attribution)	1
Uncle Sam personification of the United States	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural icon ⓘ fictional character ⓘ national personification ⓘ symbol ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	U.S. personification ⓘ
appearsIn	cartoons ⓘ comic books ⓘ films ⓘ political parodies ⓘ posters ⓘ television ⓘ
associatedWith	American patriotism ⓘ U.S. Army recruitment ⓘ United States government ⓘ political cartoons ⓘ popular culture ⓘ propaganda posters ⓘ
beardStyle	goatee ⓘ
colorScheme	red, white, and blue ⓘ
countryRepresented	United States of America ⓘ
depictedBy	James Montgomery Flagg ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
hairColor	white ⓘ
hasBeard	true ⓘ
hatPattern	stars and stripes ⓘ
inspiredBy	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States initials "U.S."
languageOfName	English ⓘ
nameAbbreviation	United States of America ⓘ surface form: U.S.
nationalityRepresented	American ⓘ
notableDepictionYear	1917 ⓘ
notableWork	I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster ⓘ
symbolizes	American national identity ⓘ American nationalism ⓘ American patriotism ⓘ U.S. military recruitment ⓘ U.S. political power ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
usedIn	U.S. political satire ⓘ World War I recruitment campaigns ⓘ World War II recruitment campaigns ⓘ advertising ⓘ editorial cartoons ⓘ
wears	blue tailcoat ⓘ red-and-white striped trousers ⓘ star-spangled top hat ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States of America → nationalPersonification → Uncle Sam ⓘ

I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster → depicts → Uncle Sam ⓘ

I Want YOU for U.S. Army poster → characterBasedOn → Uncle Sam ⓘ

this entity surface form: Uncle Sam personification of the United States

James Montgomery Flagg → depicted → Uncle Sam ⓘ

James Montgomery Flagg → usedOwnFaceAsModelFor → Uncle Sam ⓘ

Flagg → depicts → Uncle Sam ⓘ

subject surface form: I Want YOU for U.S. Army

American nationalism → symbol → Uncle Sam ⓘ

United States national symbols → includes → Uncle Sam ⓘ

Uncle Sam Memorial Statue → subjectOf → Uncle Sam ⓘ

Uncle Sam Memorial Statue → depicts → Uncle Sam ⓘ

Johnny Canuck → opposedTo → Uncle Sam ⓘ

Columbia → replacedBy → Uncle Sam ⓘ

Columbia → relatedConcept → Uncle Sam ⓘ

National personification Columbia → associatedWith → Uncle Sam ⓘ

subject surface form: Columbia

National personification Columbia → replacedBy → Uncle Sam ⓘ

subject surface form: Columbia

National personification Brother Jonathan → predecessorOf → Uncle Sam ⓘ

subject surface form: Brother Jonathan

National personification Brother Jonathan → replacedBy → Uncle Sam ⓘ

subject surface form: Brother Jonathan

National personification Brother Jonathan → hasSuccessor → Uncle Sam ⓘ

subject surface form: Brother Jonathan

US → nationalPersonification → Uncle Sam ⓘ