Belgium's Tomorrow Must Depend Upon Our Today
A wide-eyed child in a dark cloak clutches a doll in front of ruined buildings and a bare tree, with the Belgian lion arms at upper left and the legend 'Belgium's tomorrow must depend upon our today' below. The sheet names no sponsor and states no request. The tell of transfer is that the child, the ruins and the national arms carry the emotional weight of the plea, and the unstated action is left for the viewer to supply.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1917
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- No issuer printed on the sheet (Belgian arms at upper left); filed in U.S. Food Administration records
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
No issuer printed on the sheet (Belgian arms at upper left); filed in U.S. Food Administration records. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-126.
Text on the object
BELGIVM'S TOMORROW MVST DEPEND VPON OVR TODAY.
The sheet is lettered in inscriptional capitals with V for U, kept as printed. A small monogram at lower left is [illegible].
