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Today marks the 196th birthday of Uncle Sam, which is to say that his name first appeared as a personified U.S. government during the War of 1812 compelling you to join the army on September 3rd, 1813. And in light off all the years of service he’s given to his country, in his old age [...]

Beloved Warner Bros. character Bugs Bunny turns 69 today (his first appearance under that name aired on July 27, 1940), and what better excuse to watch some old WB clips? Technically, for the animation history sticklers out there, Bugs made three televised appearances before earning his name, so you could say that his birthday is [...]

While we’re still vague on what President-elect Barack Obama’s WPA (Works Projects/Progress Administration) will end up doing, we sure like the images conjured by these evocations of FDR’s sweeping set of reforms to keep artists and construction workers busy during the Great Depression. In anticipation of great state-sponsored (and therefore more or less propagandist) visual [...]