Inside the sale of Lewis County’s Interstate 5 ‘Uncle Sam billboard’ property

The highly polarizing “Uncle Sam billboard” on Interstate 5 in Napavine has been stuck on the same two messages for four years. “How many Americans will we leave behind in Ukraine?” it reads for drivers traveling southbound and “No one died in WW2 so you could show papers to buy food!” for those going north.

But that could change within a couple of months.

The land beneath the 40-foot-by-13-foot sign — infamous for its provocative messages spelled out in marquee lettering and hand-painted portraits of a pouting Uncle Sam — is soon to come under new ownership…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS