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Grave of Samuel "Uncle Sam" Wilson

In Oakwood Cemetery is the grave of Samuel "Uncle Sam" Wilson. He was a businessman who supplied the United States Army with meat during the War of 1812. He stamped his shipments with a "U.S.", that gained him the moniker of "Uncle Sam", which then became a symbol for the United States. Uncle Sam is now a national personification of the United States and sometimes more specifically of the American government.

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