張寧

On September 7， 1813， the United States got its nickname， Uncle Sam. The name is linked to Samuel Wilson， a meat packer from Troy， New York， who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812. Wilson stamped the barrels with “U.S.” for United States， but soldiers began referring to the grub as “Uncle Sams”. The local newspaper picked up on the story and Uncle Sam eventually gained widespread acceptance as the nickname for the U.S. federal1 government.

In the late 1860s and 1870s， political cartoonist Thomas Nast began popularizing the image of Uncle Sam. Nast continued to evolve the image， eventually giving Sam the white beard and stars-and-stripes suit that are associated with the character today.

In September， 1961， the U.S. Congress recognized Samuel Wilson as “the progenitor2 of Americas national symbol of Uncle Sam”. Wilson died at age 88 in 1854， and was buried next to his wife Betsey Mann in the Oakwood Cemetery in Troy， New York.

1813年9月7日，美國(guó)有了自己的綽號(hào)“山姆大叔”。這個(gè)名字與塞繆爾·威爾遜有關(guān)，他是紐約特洛伊的一名肉類包裝工，在1812年戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)期間，他向美國(guó)軍隊(duì)供應(yīng)桶裝牛肉。威爾遜為美國(guó)在這些桶上印上了“美國(guó)”的字樣。但是士兵們開始把這些食物稱為“山姆大叔的”。當(dāng)?shù)氐膱?bào)紙對(duì)此進(jìn)行了報(bào)道，“山姆大叔”最終被廣泛接受，成為了美國(guó)聯(lián)邦政府的綽號(hào)。

在19世紀(jì)60年代末和19世紀(jì)70年代，政治漫畫家托馬斯·納斯特開始普及山姆大叔的形象。納斯特不斷發(fā)展這一形象，最終塑造了與當(dāng)今的山姆大叔形象相關(guān)的白胡子、星條旗西裝的形象。

1961年9月，美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)承認(rèn)塞繆爾·威爾遜是“美國(guó)民族的象征山姆大叔的原型”。1854年，威爾遜去世，享年88歲，他被安葬在紐約特洛伊的奧克伍德公墓他的妻子貝琪·曼恩的旁邊。