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🌱 How Mason helped shape the man behind America’s Uncle Sam

Make time for Spooky World's 35th Anniversary Special on the Mason Patch calendar

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In today's newsletter:

  • How Mason helped shape the man behind America's Uncle Sam

Also on today's calendar: Spooky World's 35th Anniversary Special and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high of 65 and low of 44 degrees.
  • Friday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, temps: high: 67, low: 51.
  • Saturday: Breezy and cooler with rain, with a high of 60 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Uncle Sam WIlson (fultoncountynews.com) — Mason gets a brief but notable mention as the childhood home of Samuel Wilson, the man widely credited as the inspiration for Uncle Sam. The piece then traces how his meat-packing work, patriotic reputation, and later artwork turned Uncle Sam into the enduring symbol of the U.S. government and military recruitment.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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