Armistice Day - The Free French and Their Friends Will Commemorate the Only Armistice They Recognize (New York, 11 November 1941)
A French soldier of 1918 in a Adrian helmet blows a bugle before the Arc de Triomphe and a Cross of Lorraine emblem, under 'Liberté Egalité Fraternité'; text announces a rally at Manhattan Center on 11 November 1941. The tell is the transfer of the 1919 victory parade, Clemenceau, Foch and Pershing onto the Free French cause, and the line 'the only armistice they recognize', which rejects the 1940 armistice by implication.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- France Forever, New York (named as ticket outlet at 50 Rockefeller Plaza); artist Henri Laussucq
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Movement
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Diaspora or minority
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- 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 Foreign Posters, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Held by NARA, Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision (private US committee poster, 1941; artist Henri Laussucq)
France Forever, New York; artist Henri Laussucq, National Archives and Records Administration, 44-PF-6.
Text on the object
LIBERTÉ EGALITÉ FRATERNITÉ ARMISTICE DAY THE FREE FRENCH AND THEIR FRIENDS WILL COMMEMORATE THE ONLY ARMISTICE THEY RECOGNIZE ON NOVEMBER 11, 1941. 8.30 P.M. MANHATTAN CENTER 311 WEST 34TH ST. N.Y.C. THE BUGLER OF THE ARMISTICE "THE VICTORY PARADE" (PARIS - 1919) CLEMENCEAU - FOCH - PERSHING PROMINENT SPEAKERS NATIONAL ANTHEMS PRAYER FOR FRANCE THE "ARC DE TRIOMPHE" SALUTE TO THE FLAGS RESERVED SEATS ON SALE AT FRANCE FOREVER 50 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA. SUITE 840 [hand-corrected from 701] [signature:] Henri Laussucq
