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title: Buy a Liberty Bond of the U.S. government
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buy-a-liberty-bond-button-poster/
description: Red, white and blue sheet reading 'Buy a Liberty Bond of the U.S. Government' above a round badge with the Statue of Liberty and the words 'I own a Liberty
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[![Buy a Liberty Bond of the U.S. government, 1917 US poster: Red, white and blue sheet reading 'Buy a Liberty Bond of the U.S.](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/buy-a-liberty-bond-button-poster.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/buy-a-liberty-bond-button-poster.jpg)

# Buy a Liberty Bond of the U.S. government

Red, white and blue sheet reading 'Buy a Liberty Bond of the U.S. Government' above a round badge with the Statue of Liberty and the words 'I own a Liberty Bond', with the line 'And wear this button - it is a badge of honor'. The statue lends national symbolism to the bond, and the button turns ownership into a visible mark of status.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
BUY A
LIBERTY
BOND
OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT
I OWN A
LIBERTY
BOND
AND WEAR THIS BUTTON-
IT IS A BADGE OF HONOR
```

[← Buy a Bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan and Help Win the War](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buy-a-bond-of-the-2nd-liberty-loan-wilson-1917/) [Buy Liberty Bonds: That Government of the People, by the People, for the People Shall Not Perish from the Earth →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/buy-liberty-bonds-lincoln-government-of-the-people-1917/)

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