All posts tagged "Uncle Sam"
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15.9K1Business and LaborJames Edgar Invents the Department Store Santa on a Whim in 1890
The world’s first known department store Santa Claus owned his own store and paid his employees good wages. He gave them shares...
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12.9K15Politics and MilitaryBrother Jonathan, American Icon
After the British hastily evacuated Boston in 1776 following the successful siege, patriot soldiers reentered the city. They discovered straw dummies on...
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