Honor the brave, Memorial Day, May 30, 1917 – Antique Wall Art
(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 Honor the brave, Memorial Day, May 30, 1917. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Honor the brave, Memorial Day, May 30, 1917
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Few posters from 1917 look backward as much as this one does. Its title, "Honor the Brave," points to Memorial Day, observed on May 30, 1917, and the record lists the wars it commemorates: the Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Civil War, and the 1898 conflict with Spain. That sweep of American military memory was a deliberate appeal, placing enlistment for the war in Europe within a long national tradition of service. The print is a color lithograph, and its maker's monogram remains unidentified, so its artist is not known. Posters like this one were common in the months after the United States entered World War I in April 1917.
| Created / published | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 65 x 101 cm. |
| Genre | War posters American 1910-1920.Lithographs Color 1910-1920. |
| Notes | In memory of American soldiers of the wars of 1775-1783, 1812-1814, 1846-1847, 1861-1865, 1898. Monogram unidentified. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection. |
| Subjects | Memorial Day--1910-1920. World War, 1914-1918--Recruiting & enlistment--United States. Parades & processions--1910-1920. Veterans--1910-1920. Soldiers--1910-1920. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,438 × 3,615 px · prints to 15 × 12 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 1421_Honor_the_brave_Memoria_1917 |
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