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title: July 4, 1776 ... 166 Years Later
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/july-4-1776-166-years-later-1942/
description: Text poster inside a flag border with line drawings of aircraft, a warship, a tank and artillery. Tagged by technique, with source and rights.
section: Collection
---

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[![July 4, 1776... 166 Years Later, 1942 US poster: Text poster inside a flag border with line drawings of aircraft, a warship](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/july-4-1776-166-years-later-1942.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/july-4-1776-166-years-later-1942.jpg)

# July 4, 1776 ... 166 Years Later

Text poster inside a flag border with line drawings of aircraft, a warship, a tank and artillery. It links the 1776 Declaration to wartime unity and names 'Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito' as those who 'shall never take from us the Freedom'. The tells are the abstract values 'Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness' (glittering generalities) and the three leaders' names set against them (name-calling).

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/) [Name-calling](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/name-calling/)

## Text on the object

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

```
JULY 4, 1776
When our Declaration of Independence
was signed loyal Americans were of
one mind to protect "LIFE, LIBERTY,
and the PURSUIT of HAPPINESS."
166 YEARS LATER
we are of one mind—Hitler, Mussolini
and Hirohito shall never take from us
the Freedom for which our forefathers
sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
[imprint:] COPYRIGHT 1942 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLICITY, PHILADELPHIA
```

Imprint at lower right is very small; read as 'COPYRIGHT 1942 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLICITY, PHILADELPHIA'.

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