Epitomizing American patriotism, honor and duty, artist and illustrator, James Montgomery Flagg (1877 - 1960) holds a place in U.S. history for creating his iconic Uncle Sam and enlistment posters to support the war effort during World War I. Flagg used his own face for that of his now-famous Uncle Sam to avoid paying a model. A child prodigy, he was hired at age 12 to draw for St. Nicholas Magazine, based upon a few pencil sketches he’d drawn in Central Park, and he was a staff member of Life and Judge by age 15. Nearly every major publisher featured his artwork, and he was inducted into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 1980.

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