That Liberty Shall Not Perish From The Earth
1918
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Not really. The German air and submarine attack depicted by Joseph Pennell in this 1918 poster never actually took place. By evoking this potential threat, however, the poster brought the war home to the American people and underlined the urgency of buying bonds during Liberty Loan drives. The Government printed 2 million copies of this enormously popular poster.
This primary source comes from the Records of the U.S. Food Administration.
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512618Full Citation: That Liberty Shall Not Perish From The Earth; 1918; Records of the U.S. Food Administration, Record Group 4. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/that-liberty-shall-not-perish-from-the-earth, May 4, 2024]