Creating the United States

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Spirit of the Declaration Invoked to Sell War Bonds

Spirit of Declaration Invoked to Sell War Bonds (114.03)

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This 1918 poster for the fourth Liberty Loan bond drive invokes the spirit of the Declaration of Independence in the title That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Face of the Earth. In 1917 and 1918, the U.S. government sold Liberty Loan bonds to defray the enormous expenses of World War I. Noted artist Joseph Pennell (1857–1926) produced this poster to promote the bonds by arousing patriotism. In this view of the Statue of Liberty in ruins and New York City in flames, he shows liberty in danger and almost destroyed.
This 1918 poster for the fourth Liberty Loan bond drive invokes the spirit of the Declaration of Independence in the title <em>That Liberty Shall Not Perish from the Face of the Earth</em>. In 1917 and 1918, the U.S. government sold Liberty Loan bonds to defray the enormous expenses of World War I. Noted artist Joseph Pennell (1857&ndash;1926) produced this poster to promote the bonds by arousing patriotism. In this view of the Statue of Liberty in ruins and New York City in flames, he shows liberty in danger and almost destroyed.