EAST LONGMEADOW — Joe Sullivan remembers when it was a big deal if your parents drove you down Bay Street and an even bigger deal if they actually stopped at the old Mutual Ford to check out Uncle Sam ...
Remembering the Real ‘Uncle Sam’ on Independence Day Uncle Sam, long a symbol of the U.S. government, was inspired by a real person — Sam Wilson, a meatpacker from Troy, New York, born in 1766. July 4 ...