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UNCLE SAM
AROUND MY HOMETOWN OF MILFORD WE BELIEVE
THAT UNCLE SAM CAME FROM THE MILFORD
AREA (MASON, N.H.). HE LIVED HERE BEFORE GOING
INTO THE MEAT PROCESSING BUSINESS IN UPPER
STATE NEW YORK WHERE DURING THE REVOLUTION, HE
PROCESSED PORK FOR WASHINGTON'S ARMY. ON
THE CASKS OF PORK HE WOULD STAMP U.S.
AND FROM THIS UNCLE SAM WAS DERIVED.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THIS FROM VARIOUS PEOPLE IN MY AREA, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER
WHO EXACTLY THEY WERE.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 11-05-1967