A man's death has been ruled an accident after he lit a firework off of his Uncle Sam top hat on the Fourth of July, a South Carolina coroner told USA TODAY Monday.. Allen Ray McGrew, 41, died ...

Uncle Sam is an easily recognizable piece of wartime propaganda. And legend says he was based off a real person—though that may not actually be the case.

If you’re driving through Danbury, Connecticut, don’t be surprised if a 38-foot-tall man in red, white, and blue catches your eye. He’s not directing traffic or selling hot dogs. He’s fiberglass, for ...

Uncle Sam is 100 years old. ... York Lantern in the mid-19th century symbolized America as a man with striped pants, a swallow-tail coat and stovepipe hat but clean-shaven.