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Uncle Sam Uncle Sam is a spiritual entity representing the spirit of the United States of America. His adventures originally took place during the Golden Age on Earth-Two, but he was introduced into mainstream continuity during the Crisis on Infinite Earths.
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Sam Houston title / office. Sam Houston, byname of Samuel Houston (born March 2, 1793, Rockbridge county, Virginia, U.S.—died July 26, 1863, Huntsville, Texas), U.S. lawyer and politician, a leader in the Texas Revolution (1834–36). 1  In his youth Houston moved with his family to a farm in rural Tennessee after the death of his father in 1807.
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- Bob's your Uncle means your good to go. It is thought to date back to 1887, when the then British Prime Minister Robert Cecil decided to appoint Arthur Balfour to the highly important post of Chief Secretary for Ireland. It just happened that Arthur Balfour was a nephew to the PM and called him Uncle Bob.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Character List. 1  Uncle Tom - A good and pious man, Uncle Tom is the protagonist of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. 2  Aunt Chloe - Uncle Tom’s wife and the Shelbys’ cook. 3  Arthur Shelby - The owner of Uncle Tom in Kentucky, Shelby sells Tom to the cruel Mr. Haley to pay off his debts.
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- Excerpt from the Tri-City Ledger. August 12, 1999. William Larkin Williams, known as Uncle Bud, was born in February 18, 1807 in Bullock County, Georgia and moved to Escambia County, Florida in 1819. He died July 8, 1900, in McDavid, Florida at the age of 93 years, 4 months and 20 days.
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- Thomas Nast, Cartoonists Plug Magazine and the Portrait of Uncle Sam which was created by James Montgomery Flagg in 1916 around World War I led Uncle Sam to the iconic status. Uncle Sam became one. of the popular men in the 19th century and made history of the United States of America.
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- The Real Uncle Sam is Recognized as a National Symbol 'Uncle Sam' Wilson was finally recognized by Congress in 1961 as the honorable man that inspired the patriotic Uncle Sam cartoon. We still know that image as a national symbol for the United States today. Lesson Summary
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How to Apply for Schengen Tourist Visa for Filipinos (2) ;) If you're a Filipino passport holder, you need to apply for a visa from any of the 26 European Union countries. I've already blogged on how to get a visa from the Embassy of Switzerland. To give you other options, here's another way to apply for a Schengen visa but this time around it will be from the Embassy of France.
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- Bobs your Uncle. As with many sayings there can be many originations and this one is no different. Bob's your Uncle means your good to go. It is thought to date back to 1887, when the then British Prime Minister Robert Cecil decided to appoint Arthur Balfour to the highly important post of Chief Secretary for Ireland. It just happened that Arthur Balfour was a nephew to the PM and called him Uncle Bob.
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- A tall statue representing Uncle Sam stands outside a tax preparation office. (Photo: Anthony Behar/Sipa USA) As millions of Americans brace for tax season, the Internal Revenue Service is requesting a $2 billion boost to its budget and 9,000 new employees as it prepares to enforce Obamacare’s tax provisions.
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- Nope! The cartoon-like character we quickly recognize as Uncle Sam was actually invented by artists who created political cartoons for newspapers. One of the most famous cartoonists to draw Uncle Sam was a man named Thomas Nast. He drew many of the first cartoons of Uncle Sam in the late 1860s and early 1870s. Probably the most famous picture of Uncle Sam, though, was on a U.S. Army recruiting poster.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin The more notable of the secondary and minor characters in Uncle Tom's Cabin are: 1  Arthur Shelby – Tom's master in Kentucky. Shelby is characterized as a kind slaveowner and a stereotypical Southern gentleman. 2  Emily Shelby – Arthur Shelby's wife.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe Biography Harriet Beecher Stowe was an author and social activist best known for her popular anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Synopsis Harriet Beecher Stowe was born on June 14, 1811, in Litchfield, Connecticut. Her father, Lyman Beecher, was a leading Congregationalist minister and the patriarch of a family committed to social justice. Stowe achieved national fame for her anti-slavery novel, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which fanned the flames of sectionalism before the Civil War.
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Uncle Buck Photos Uncle Buck Photos. Movie Info. In this cheerful, lightweight comedy, excruciatingly clumsy, disorganized, and messy Uncle Buck Russell (John Candy) becomes the screens most unlikely babysitter since Clifton Webb in Sitting Pretty.
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CHARACTER Pronunciation (US): • UNCLE REMUS (noun) The noun UNCLE REMUS has 1 sense: 1. the fictional storyteller of tales written in the Black dialect and set in the south of the United States; the tales were first collected and published in book form in 1880. Familiarity information: UNCLE REMUS used as a noun is very rare.
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Sam Walton Samuel Moore  Sam  Walton (March 29, 1918 – April 5, 1992) was an American businessman and entrepreneur best known for founding the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club.n 1945, after leaving the military, Walton took over management of his first variety store at the age of 26. With the help of a $20,000 loan from his father-in-law, plus $5,000 he had saved from his time in the Army, Walton purchased a Ben Franklin variety store in Newport, Arkansas.
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The Origin of Uncle Sam Although Uncle Sam is one of our most familiar icons, many Americans have little or no concept of his origins. If pressed, the average American might point to the early twentieth century and Sam's frequent appearance on army recruitment posters. In reality, however, the figure of Uncle Sam dates back much further.
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Sam Walton Sam Walton was an American businessman who founded the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. which grew to be the world’s largest corporation by revenue as well as the biggest private employer in the world. He and his family (now with another son, James, born in 1921) moved from Oklahoma. They moved from one small town to another for several years.
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- He was a businessman during the War of 1812. Thomas Nast, Cartoonists Plug Magazine and the Portrait of Uncle Sam which was created by James Montgomery Flagg in 1916 around World War I led Uncle Sam to the iconic status. Uncle Sam became one. of the popular men in the 19th century and made history of the United States of America.
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Shaggy Rogers 1 Uncle Beauregard: Shaggy's late uncle, who left his entire fortune and his Southern mansion and plantation to Shaggy in his will. 2  He was referred to in Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, although he never made an appearance when he was living.
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- Uncle Sam - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up) The image of Uncle Sam is a popular U.S. symbol usually associated with a cartoon figure having long white hair and chin whiskers and dressed in a swallow-tailed coat, vest, tall hat, and striped trousers.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Other characters. 1  Arthur Shelby, the owner of Uncle Tom in Kentucky, Shelby sells Tom to Mr. Haley to pay his debts. 2  Emily Shelby is Arthur Shelby's loving, gentle, and Christian wife. 3  George Shelby is the young son of Mr. and Mrs. Shelby. 4  George Harris Eliza's husband. 5  Augustine St. Clare Eva's father. 6  Marie The wife of St. Clare.
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- Constipation can also be caused by medications, like those for high blood pressure. As with pebble poo, eating 35 grams of fiber a day – lots of beans, fruits, vegetables and whole grains – and drinking enough water can ease constipation, according to Dr. Sheth. Regular exercise aids regularity too.
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United States nicknamed Uncle Sam In September 1961, the U.S. Congress recognized Samuel Wilson as “the progenitor of America’s national symbol of Uncle Sam.” Wilson died at age 88 in 1854, and was buried next to his wife Betsey Mann in the Oakwood Cemetery in Troy, New York, the town that calls itself “The Home of Uncle Sam.”.
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Si Robertson Si Robertson. Silas Merritt Robertson (born April 27, 1948), known as Si Robertson and often referred to as Uncle Si, is an American television personality, preacher, hunter, outdoorsman, retired U.S. Army soldier, and duck-call maker at Duck Commander.
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The Origin of Uncle Sam The term Uncle Sam is said to have been derived from a man named Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied rations for the soldiers during the War of 1812. Samuel Wilson, who served in the American Revolution at the age of 15, was born in Massachusetts.