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title: 'Free World supplement poster: Freedom, Our Sacred Heritage (English, distributed in Manila)'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/free-world-supplement-freedom-sacred-heritage-manila-1958/
description: A square sheet headed 'Freedom, Our Sacred Heritage', printed as a supplement to the magazine Free World, July 1958.
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# Free World supplement poster: Freedom, Our Sacred Heritage (English, distributed in Manila)

A square sheet headed 'Freedom, Our Sacred Heritage', printed as a supplement to the magazine Free World, July 1958. A text column quotes the U.S. Declaration of Independence and statements attributed to Carlos P. Garcia, Charles E. Bohlen and Ramon Magsaysay. Left, in blue: Philippine monument, treaty signing, wartime and parade scenes with Philippine and U.S. flags; right, in red: American colonial and Revolutionary scenes. The tell is transfer and testimonial: named statesmen's words and shared flags join the two national histories under the virtue word 'freedom'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
SUPPLEMENT TO
Free World
VOLUME VII NO.7
JULY - 1958

FREEDOM
OUR SACRED HERITAGE

ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL AND ARE ENDOWED BY THEIR CREATOR WITH CERTAIN UNALIENABLE RIGHTS, THAT AMONG THESE ARE LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS.
- U.S. Declaration of Independence

"Freedom is a right of man. Independence is a right of peoples."
- Carlos P. Garcia

"... as free societies, the United States and the Republic of the Philippines must constantly be vigilant in guarding their cherished democratic institutions."
- Charles E. Bohlen

"We must live up to our pledge to act as guardians of the dignity and worth of the individual."
- Ramon Magsaysay
```

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