Uncle Sam Recruiting Poster

Leslie's Weekly on July 6, 1916.

Question: The most famous depiction of Uncle Sam became a recruiting poster during which war?

Answer:

James Montgomery Flagg’s depiction of Uncle Sam decorated the cover of Leslie’s Weekly on July 6, 1916. Millions of copies were reproduced as an Army recruiting poster in 1917 and 1918, when the U.S. was fighting World War I.

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