An issue of Leslie's Weekly Illustrated, Vol. LXXXVI No. 2228, it was copyrighted by the Arkell Publishing Company in New York on May 26, 1898. The front cover features an image by F.N. Blue of Uncle Sam standing on steps holding an American flag high above his head in front of a crowd of military men with the title "Rally Round The Flag, Boys!" Uncle Sam appears to be in Washington, D.C.