. What to do for Uncle Sam; a first book of citizenship. ll? If you have an uncle who travels about a gooddeal, but sometimes comes to your house for avisit, you think a great deal of him. He bringsyou stories of what he has seen and done, andyou feel like doing something important, too, tobe like him. He is just as good to all the cousinsas he is to you, and he has a particular placein your heart. No one knows exactly when our Uncle Sam camefirst. Probably it was on a Fourth of July longago, when the Declaration of Independence wassigned. No one has ever shaken hands with UncleSam, but we kno
. What to do for Uncle Sam; a first book of citizenship. ll? If you have an uncle who travels about a gooddeal, but sometimes comes to your house for avisit, you think a great deal of him. He bringsyou stories of what he has seen and done, andyou feel like doing something important, too, tobe like him. He is just as good to all the cousinsas he is to you, and he has a particular placein your heart. No one knows exactly when our Uncle Sam camefirst. Probably it was on a Fourth of July longago, when the Declaration of Independence wassigned. No one has ever shaken hands with UncleSam, but we know him from the crown of hisbeaver hat to his old fashioned shoes. We haveseen only his picture, but he speaks to us in thegreatest word of our land: PATRIOTISM For a good many years we thought that UncleSam was so busy at Washington with the Presi-dent, the Senate, and Congress, and the Armyand the Navy that he had little time to come tovisit us in our town. There seemed to be noth-ing for boys and girls to do when he did visit WHO IS OUR UNCLE SAM? 17. GOING TO WORK FOR UNCLE SAM them at the head of aparade of soldiers but towave the Stars and Stripes, and cheer. But theUnited States grew, and the cities grew, and moreand more peorjle found that our country was afine place in which to live. Uncle Sam put onhis seven league boots and went into every stateof the Union and into every town, no matterhow small, helping the people to establish their ownlaws that would keep the whole country safe, andgood, and clean. Uncle Sam spends most of his time at Wash-ington, but he is apt to visit you any day. Whenhe comes he will have much to tell you of thegreat place among the nations that he is makingfor the United States. He will ask you to help 18 WHAT TO DO FOR UNCLE SAM him. Most important will it be for you to haveyour home and your school and your town safe,and good, and clean, to welcome your Uncle you have stood in front of a large col-ored poster of Uncle Sam that you
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