# @goarmy on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BY_G3bbn_oa
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14004208-goarmy-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/fe0aa3b2a8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-09-13T15:21:51.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** GoArmy | World’s Greatest Fighting Force (@goarmy) — https://gondola.cc/goarmy

## Caption

🇺🇸Here are 3 facts for #UncleSamDay:
1️⃣ The iconic #UncleSam recruiting poster is 100 years old. Nearly 4 million copies of the Uncle Sam posters were printed between 1917 and 1918 to support World War I recruiting efforts.

2️⃣ Uncle Sam is linked to a real person, a meat packer from Troy, N.Y. who supplied barrels of beef to the @USArmy during the War of 1812.

3️⃣ President George H. W. Bush signed an Uncle Sam Day proclamation on Sept. 13, 1989.

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## Tags

unclesam, unclesamday

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