Many believe he was fictional, but one family of "patriots" knows better. Trey Hauptmann, right, a descendant of Uncle Sam, carries on his ancestor's legacy of service. Right, a World War I ...

At last month’s arraignment in Atlanta, a guy in an Uncle Sam costume said: “The Constitution’s my birth certificate, socialism’s my death certificate.” Onlookers, clueless, asked who’s the guy with ...

When Alex Ross moved to Texas from Portland, Oregon, the first thing he noticed was how different the colors were. “It was less green,” he laughs, when I ask him what he remembers about making the ...