Samuel Wilson
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Samuel Wilson was an American meat packer who lived in Troy, New York, whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States known as "Uncle Sam".
Wilson c. 1850s.
Wilson's grave in Troy, New York
Uncle Sam Memorial Statue, Arlington, Massachusetts
Uncle Sam statue detail
Arlington, Massachusetts
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Arlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The town is six miles northwest of Boston, and its population was 46,308 at the 2020 census.
Samuel Wilson
…York, whose name is purportedly the source of the personification of the United States known as "Uncle Sam". Wilson was born in the historic town of Arlington, Massachusetts, (known as Menotomy at the time, township of West Cambridge), to parents Edward and Lucy Wilson. He was a descendant of one of Boston's oldest families…
Arlington Town Hall
Robbins Farm Park
Patriots' Grave in the Old Burying Ground
The Jason Russell House.