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Photographer: Howard C. Ohlhous
Taken: October 22, 2008
Caption: The Uncle Sam Statue in Downtown Troy
Additional Description: The City of Troy, New York embraces its most famous citizen, Uncle Samuel Wilson. A metal sculpture of a male figure representing the natinal symbol, "Uncle Sam" stands atop a sqare aluminum base that rests on a circular brick base. The figure is wearing a long coat billowing in the breeze, top hot in hand and standing before a barrel, the type in which he shipped meat, and a stack of bricks equal in height to the barrel, representing the Wilson brick business. The scuplture is located beside the Uncle Sam Bus Stop at the corner of River Street and Fulton Street in downtown Troy. There are embossed letterings on all four sides of the base of the statue The front side states "Uncle Sam Wilson 1766 1854 of Troy - New York Born in Arlington - Mass" One side states,” Sam Wilson- One of the prime movers For Incorporation of * Troy as Village - 1794 City - 1816 *" On another side the base reads, "Troy's Citizen America's Uncle The Big Thing is Not What Happens to Us in Life - But What We Do About What Happens to Us. Sam Wilson." Another side says, "U.S. of America (written horizontally, and vertically incorporating the letters U.S.,) Uncle Sam Originated During War of 1812" From other plaques placed nearby it would seem the statue was erected through the efforts of the Uncle Sam Monument Committee between December 1977 and September 1980, with a dedication taking place on October 18, 1980.
Submitted: November 15, 2013, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p260619
File Size: 2.694 Megabytes

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