In your hands: our homes, our country, our freedom. Work, fight, give to keep them safe
Black-and-white block-print style poster: a large open hand holds a small house, a church and the Statue of Liberty, with 'In YOUR HANDS' arched above. Below are the words 'Work, Fight, Give'. The technique is glittering generalities (homes, country, freedom) with transfer, the national symbols placed in the reader's hand.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Putnam County Defense Council, Carmel, New York
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Theme
- 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)
Putnam County Defense Council. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1097 (NAID 514624).
Text on the object
In YOUR HANDS OUR HOMES, OUR COUNTRY, OUR FREEDOM WORK • FIGHT • GIVE TO KEEP THEM SAFE [signature: illegible, top right] [imprint: Sponsored by Putnam County Defense Council, Carmel, New York]
