However, the 1917 recruiting poster of Uncle Sam asking YOU to join the army is perhaps the most enduring rendition of the national character. He was popularized in the late 19th century in political cartoons by one of the country's most well-known cartoonists, Thomas Nast. Uncle Sam started appearing in images and literature soon after the War of 1812. (This story is also the official one-Congress passed a resolution in 1961 adopting this account as the official history.) In reality, Wilson had labeled the barrels "U.S." for "United States," and so the two ideas merged-Uncle Sam became a symbol for the United States of America. Wilson was a well-liked and trustworthy man in Troy, and local residents called him "Uncle Sam." When people around town saw those supply barrels marked "U.S." they assumed the letters meant Uncle Sam, and the soldiers adopted the same thinking. Sam Wilson delivered meat packed in barrels to soldiers during the War of 1812. There are several theories about where he comes from, but the most cited origin story traces Uncle Sam back to a man in Troy, New York. Uncle Sam has been around for almost as long, sometimes appearing with Columbia as well. By 1920, the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor replaced Columbia as the symbol of America, welcoming waves of immigrants to new lives in a new homeland. Derived from the Latin for "The lands of Columbus," Columbia was often associated with ships and places. Columbia was widely recognized as the historical female personification of the identity of the United States.
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