The minute men of to-day are going to Plattsburg [sic] – Vintage Print
![The minute men of to-day are going to Plattsburg [sic], [1917] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/d7/d72b118bf5f2-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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The poster's title, "The minute men of to-day are going to Plattsburgh," refers to the civilian training camp at Plattsburgh, New York, where men went for short courses in military drill before the United States entered the First World War. The Military Training Camps Association, which produced the lithograph, borrowed the image of the Revolutionary-era minute men, militia who were ready to fight at a moment's notice, to present volunteer training as a patriotic duty. Printed in 1917, the year the country declared war on Germany, it was meant to recruit men who could form the core of a larger citizen army.
| Created / published | [1917] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 64 x 49 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | Copyright by Military Training Camps Association. Poster allows space for additional information to be printed or inscribed. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Soldiers--American--New York (State)--Plattsburgh--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,643 × 4,527 px · prints to 12 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1552_The_minute_men_of_today_1917 |
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