For Liberty and Peace on Earth Give War Bonds
Holiday-season Treasury bond poster: the cracked Liberty Bell hangs beside red Christmas bells and holly, with a $100 Series E War Savings Bond made out to 'Mr. and Mrs. America, Everywhere, U.S.A.'. The headline joins 'Liberty and Peace on Earth' to 'Give War Bonds'. The tell is transfer: the prestige of a national symbol and the season is attached to a purchase.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, War Finance Division (artist Lyman Simpson)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- 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. Treasury Department, War Finance Division. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-800 (NAID 514290).
Text on the object
For Liberty and Peace on Earth Give WAR BONDS [Liberty Bell inscription, partly legible:] ...LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND... ORDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE... PASS AND STOW PHILAD[A] MDCCLIII [Bond text:] 100 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TEN YEARS FROM THE ISSUE DATE HEREOF WILL PAY ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ISSUE DATE WHICH IS THE FIRST DAY OF (MONTH) (YEAR) To MR. AND MRS. AMERICA EVERYWHERE U. S. A. ISSUING AGENTS DATING STAMP THIS BOND IS ISSUED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE SECOND LIBERTY BOND ACT, AS AMENDED, AND IS SUBJECT TO [illegible] CONDITIONS STATED ON THE BACK HEREOF. IT WILL BE VALID ONLY IF [illegible] SUBSCRIBED AND DATED, AND DELIVERED BY AN AUTHORIZED AGENT [illegible] RECEIPT OF PAYMENT THEREFOR. WAR SAVINGS BOND SERIES E TREASURY DEPARTMENT WASHINGTON 000 00 NOT TRANSFERABLE CLEVELAND [signature: Henry Morgenthau Jr., Secretary of the Treasury] [signature: LYMAN SIMPSON] OFFICIAL U. S. TREASURY POSTER [imprint: U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944-O-611278] WFD 965-A
