During the War of 1812, Wilson won a contract to sell beef to the Army, so he stamped his crates with the letters "U.S."
One story says that he was a man named Wilson who owned a meat-packing plant in Troy, New York. During the War of 1812, Wilson won a contract to sell beef to the Army, so he stamped his crates with the letters "U.S." But soldiers thought "U.S" was his nickname and began calling all government supplies his private property. FTP, name this American icon popularized by the drawings of Thomas Nast and James Montgomery Flagg.
One story says that he was a man named Wilson who owned a meat-packing plant in Troy, New York.
{Uncle Sam}