Heroes Day Posters: Lincoln, 'All men are created equal' (English poster distributed in Asia)
A Heroes Day sheet in two inks, red and black. A large woodcut-style portrait of Abraham Lincoln fills a red panel above a one-line quotation credited by name. The sheet gives no further text. The tell is testimonial with transfer: a revered figure's quotation is attached to the idea of liberty or freedom. The words credited to Lincoln are 'All men are created equal.'
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- August 6, 1954
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia series
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Foreign public
- Purpose
- Commemorate
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Event
- Cold War
- Source
- Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, August 6, 1954. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 5729969, 306-PPA-69).
Text on the object
All men are created equal. -Lincoln
