BIRTHDAY | Uncle Sam (1852-present)

March 13, 2021—This day in 1852, the Writer's Almanac reminds us, Uncle Sam was born as a national figure. His likeness was first drawn as a cartoon in the New York Lantern by Frank Henry Bellew. It is his 169th birthday. 

The portrait of him drawn for a U.S. Army recruiting poster in 1917 by James Montgomery Flagg is called "the most famous poster in the world."   https://s.si.edu/3tgBRqV.