political : PATRIOTIC DISSENTERS OR SIMPLE VANDALS? [+] serious ballot by herzog created Mon Mar 21, 05 Vandals who struck a cemetery last week targeted the grave site of Uncle Sam, police said. Five monuments at Oakwood Cemetery were overturned, two urns smashed and a flag pole knocked down between Thursday night and Friday morning. The flagpole and one of the urns adorned the grave of Samuel Wilson, a 19th century businessman who helped give the federal government the nickname “Uncle Sam.” A flag was also burned at the cemetery. “For these vandals to trash the grave site of such an internationally important symbol of America is unthinkable,” said Oakwood Cemetery Board of Trustees President Terry Page. Wilson (1766-1854) was a prominent upstate New York businessman who supplied beef to American troops during the War of 1812. His crates were stamped with the letters “U.S.” and soldiers joked the letters stood for Uncle Sam - a name they eventually hung on the government. Political cartoonist Thomas Nast later created the lanky, bearded Uncle Sam who would adorn recruiting posters and come to symbolize the United States. They disfigured the grave of an american icon and burned an american flag as well. Does this make them patriotic citizens expressing their dissent or simple vandals? Patriots Vandals Register to submit choices Ballot #70123 : SEE RESULTS Comment: Register to submit comments You may still vote without registration show your vote with comment?

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