Arise Americans
Navy and Naval Reserve recruiting poster: a sailor in whites heaves a shell into a gun breech beneath a border of stars. The headline 'Arise Americans' is followed by a warning that country and liberty are 'in grave danger', a fear-appeal paired with the abstract values of country and liberty. The enlistment line is cut off, with a blank box left for a local recruiting address.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve (artist: McClelland Barclay, USNR)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Theme
- War and the military
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
U.S. Navy and U.S. Naval Reserve (artist: McClelland Barclay, USNR). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-4 (NAID 513500).
Text on the object
[signature:] McClelland Barclay USNR "ARISE AMERICANS" Your Country and Your Liberty are in grave danger.. Protect them now by joining the-- UNITED STATES NAVY of the U.S. NAVAL RESERVE [imprint:] NRB-29612-6-18-41-41M (small print, date digits uncertain)
