The American Icons
Welcome to USFLAGMAKER’s new section of our website called Americana!
It will be devoted to taking a look at America a century ago. We begin this celebration with a study of our Uncle Sam, his roots, his history which includes many incarnations, and his importance and meaning to us today.
America has a trinity of icons which over its history have served to foster patriotism, and pride in its citizens.
The American Flag is at the top of the trinity. We at USFLAGMAKER are acutely aware and appreciate the importance of the American Flag to our country and to our corporation.
USFLAGMAKER realizes that we are dependent on the flag icon for our existence. We gladly accept this very large responsibility. We take special care to respectfully produce our flags using only American made first quality material.
The second branch of the trinity is the American eagle. Many European countries use the Eagle as a symbol of their nation. It probably stems from Roman times. The eagle stood for strength and stability. America uses the American “bald” eagle as its symbol. Tradition has it that this choice was made over the objections of Benjamin Franklin, who’s choice for the bird representing our country was the Turkey.
The remaining American icon trinity is represented by “Uncle Sam”. He has watched over our country for over two hundred years. He is one of our oldest Ambassadors to the world and a figure that watches over all of our internal political actions. The image of Uncle Sam has changed often over the past two hundred years. The Uncle Sam that we are familiar with today is celebrating his 100th birthday this year.
This year (and for a couple of years to come) we will be writing about Uncle Sam, his background, history, some of his comrades and some of the images he has spawned. There will also be sections dealing with other icons and images which were used during World War I (a century ago).
We hope you enjoy our Americana section. We intend on giving you some opportunity to be a part of our story. We hope you enjoy “the show” and look forward to helping you appreciate our Greatest American Hero.
Please visit our Website and Facebook page often. and join us in our looking back at an important icon of our history, (a la Paul Harvey) to present to you “the rest of the story”. We promise you some very interesting sidelights and some great historical illustrations from some of the greatest political illustrators of the early 20th century.