Heroes Day Posters: Quezon, 'the good of mankind' (English poster distributed in the Philippines)
A Heroes Day sheet in two inks, red and black. A large woodcut-style portrait of Manuel L. Quezon 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 Quezon are 'the good of mankind should be the ultimate aim of all and every nation.'
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 5729971, 306-PPA-71).
Text on the object
....the good of mankind should be the ultimate aim of all and every nation. -Quezon
