Are you a patriot? If you cannot fight for your country, what can you do? – Antique Wall Art
![Are you a patriot? If you cannot fight for your country, what can you do?, [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/a9/a9eb84030cea-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Are you a patriot? If you cannot fight for your country, what can you do?. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The poster's question, "Are you a patriot?", sets its appeal apart from many war posters that show soldiers or enemies. It asks civilians at home to lend money instead of fighting, and its text has Uncle Sam requesting that readers buy 3 1/2 percent United States Government Liberty Bonds and consult their nearest bank. Issued in 1917, shortly after the United States entered the First World War, it belongs to the Liberty Loan campaigns that raised money to fund the war effort. Such posters treated buying bonds as a patriotic duty open to everyone, including those who would never serve in uniform.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 47 x 22 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Text continues: Uncle Sam asks you to help by buying United States Government 3 1/2 % Liberty Bonds [...] Consult your nearest bank. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Economic & industrial aspects--United States. War bonds & funds--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,600 × 4,472 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222357 |
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