Uncle Sam on eagle with flag, "The Union Now and Forever – Historic Print
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A window into the past: Uncle Sam on eagle with flag, "The Union Now and Forever, preserved in this historic image. It is part of the Snapshots of the Past archive, gathered over 25 years of research.
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Uncle Sam on eagle with flag, "The Union Now and Forever
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Here an Uncle Sam figure rides a large eagle while waving a flag, with the banner reading "The Union Now and Forever" set across the scene. The phrase echoes Daniel Webster's 1830 reply to Robert Hayne in the Senate debate over states' rights, where Webster closed with "Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable." Pictures like this one, in which the nation's personification is shown mounted on the national bird, were common in patriotic prints and broadsides, especially during and after the Civil War, when preserving the Union was the central question. Look closely at the banner and the eagle's posture to see how the artist turned a political slogan into an emblem of national loyalty.
| Original scan | 524 × 820 px |
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| Reference | Patriotic (83) |
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