Waving The Flagg
Jun 25, 2020
3 minutes
BY PAUL KENNEDY
Image courtesy of Bettman/Getty Images
James Montgomery Flagg was 39 when the United States entered World War I in 1917, much too old to enlist. Instead, Flagg drew on what he did best, and in the process influenced not only the war effort but also the face of a country.
A leading illustrator of the time, Flagg’s dramatic creation of Uncle Sam exhorting “I Want You for U.S. Army” so resonated with the public that it became a recruitment marvel and one of the most enduring images of the 20th century.
Flagg didn’t invent
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