Grandma Moses didn’t start painting until her late 70s, and was still at it when she turned 100. Pablo Picasso was still drawing at 90. Tolstoy and George Bernard Shaw were productive writers… ...

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 ...

DANBURY — Uncle Sam wants you — to visit his new home at the Danbury Railway Museum on White Street. “I think it’s a real good spot for Uncle Sam,” Mayor Mark Boughton said. “I think ...

The poster first appeared 100 years ago, around the time America declared war on Germany on April 6 and entered the World War I.

Uncle Sam illustrator is born, June 18, 1877 Flagg regarded his drawing of Uncle Sam as the most famous poster in the world. | REUTERS By Andrew Glass 06/18/2013 09:23 AM EDT ...

Many of his posters featured Uncle Sam. Sometimes, his shirt sleeves were rolled up, exposing muscular arms - a striking deviation from prior depictions of the character.

The 1997 comic, in which a bedraggled Uncle Sam battles for the soul of America, was “radical” in its day and soon fell out of print. Are 2024 audiences better equipped to handle it?

The Troy City Planning Commission has unanimously approved demolition of the Uncle Sam Parking Garage. But it’s back to the drawing board on a proposed surface lot the garage owner has propos… ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Original pencil and watercolor ...

NEWTOWN -- Some Newtown residents are outraged a Newtown business owner is not allowed to display an Uncle Sam statue and a "Support our Troops" sign outside his business. The sign is displayed on ...

In that spirit, let us consider Thomas Nast’s once-famous, now-obscure drawing “Uncle Sam’s Thanksgiving Dinner,” a metaphoric vision of Lincoln’s America published by Harper’s Weekly ...

These attributes belonged to Uncle Sam, as seen in the famed "I want YOU for U.S. Army" poster that helped recruit legions of young men to fight in World Wars I and II.