Brother Jonathan
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Brother Jonathan got caught in a windstorm and struck one of the rocks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2025
By the late 1850s, because he had been claimed by the Know-Nothings for their own, Brother Jonathan was no longer a viable national symbol.
From Slate ● Jul. 4, 2022
It's possible that the lankiness and facial features that Uncle Sam inherited from later depictions of Brother Jonathan were a tribute to President Abraham Lincoln.
From Salon ● Dec. 11, 2021
He replaced Brother Jonathan, a New Englander, as an American icon in the early 19th century after an article circulated in the May 12, 1830, New York Gazette.
From New York Times ● Jul. 3, 2015
Brother Jonathan and the other elders are last to wash each other’s feet.
From Blue Ridge Country by Erskine Caldwell
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