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title: 'Free and United: The Americas Go Forward (Pan American Day, April 14, 1946)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/free-and-united-pan-american-day-1946/
description: 'Pan American Day sheet: a globe showing North and South America, haloed in orange and resting on clouds, under ''Free and United'' and ''The Americas Go'
section: Collection
---

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[![Free and United: The Americas Go Forward, 1946 Transnational poster: Pan American Day sheet](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/free-and-united-pan-american-day-1946.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/free-and-united-pan-american-day-1946.jpg)

# Free and United: The Americas Go Forward (Pan American Day, April 14, 1946)

Pan American Day sheet: a globe showing North and South America, haloed in orange and resting on clouds, under 'Free and United' and 'The Americas Go Forward', with the flags of the member states at lower left. The tell is the use of abstract positive terms ('free', 'united', 'forward') with no stated programme, and the unified hemisphere shown as one object.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Bandwagon](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/bandwagon/)

## Text on the object

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

```
FREE AND UNITED
The AMERICAS
GO FORWARD
PAN AMERICAN DAY
April 14, 1946
Pan American Union
WASHINGTON, D. C.
```

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