The Department of Travel launched an airport civility campaign in November that included a call for travelers to dress up.

Uncle Sam is 100 years old. At least, that's the age of the most iconic image of that famous American symbol. In the past century, there have been all sorts of depictions of Uncle Sam, but when the ...

Most Americans easily recognize Uncle Sam as a symbol of the United States or a national nickname. Typically portrayed as an older white man with a long white goatee and a top hat, he’s almost always ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. Three years ago, Washington was busy marshaling an alliance of the world’s ...

A white goatee on a chiseled face. Bushy eyebrows over burning eyes. Silver hair flowing out from under a tall top hat decorated with stars. And one bony finger pointed toward the observer. These ...

The lineage of Uncle Sam, benign personification of the nation, was again raised last week. Was this lean Yankee character in beaver hat and striped trousers who reflects the emotions of 123,000,000 ...

Agricultural profits climb to $177 billion in 2025 driven by record beef prices and increased government disaster assistance.

Many believe he was fictional, but one family of "patriots" knows better. Trey Hauptmann, right, a descendant of Uncle Sam, carries on his ancestor's legacy of service. Right, a World War I ...

Some still aren't certain if the man behind the American symbol is Samuel Wilson. But Congress made September 13 a national day to commemorate the birth of the man behind the patriotic icon. Uncle Sam ...

When Alex Ross moved to Texas from Portland, Oregon, the first thing he noticed was how different the colors were. “It was less green,” he laughs, when I ask him what he remembers about making the ...