Freedom of Worship
Painting by Norman Rockwell, titled 'Freedom of Worship': a crowd of faces in profile, hands clasped or raised in prayer, one holding a rosary, under the legend 'Each according to the dictates of his own conscience'. The sheet presents religious liberty as a shared ideal, a glittering-generalities appeal.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Norman Rockwell for The Saturday Evening Post; Office of War Information
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Themes
- Religion, 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)
Norman Rockwell for The Saturday Evening Post. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-76 (NAID 513537).
Text on the object
EACH ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF HIS OWN CONSCIENCE NORMAN ROCKWELL Freedom of Worship [imprint:] PAINTED BY NORMAN ROCKWELL FOR THE SATURDAY EVENING POST
