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Sunday, September 7, 2008
Today In History - Uncle Sam
Today in 1813, "the earliest known printed reference to the United States by the nickname "Uncle Sam" occurs in the Troy Post" (1). That would be the Troy Post of Troy, NY folks.
All the best,
Glenn B
references:
1.
http://www.historynet.com/today_in_history
2.
http://en.wikipedia.org
/wiki/Uncle_Sam
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