Lincoln Said: Save Food for World Relief

A portrait of Abraham Lincoln sits above an excerpt from his Second Inaugural Address, followed by a roundel reading 'America's food pledge 20 million tons' and the headline 'Save food for world relief.' The tell of testimonial is the quotation from a revered, long-dead president recruited to a food-conservation request. Only the roundel gives a concrete figure.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

TestimonialGlittering generalities

Date

1918

Period

First World War

Made by

U.S. Food Administration

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Wilson Administration

Leader

Woodrow Wilson

Audience

Domestic public

Purpose

Mobilize or secure compliance

Themes

Home front, Economy and finance

Event

World War I

Regime

Wilson administration

Leader

Woodrow Wilson

Source

Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are

Source

U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026

Rights

NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
U.S. Food Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-94.

LINCOLN said
"With malice toward none; with charity for all;......let us strive on to finish the work we are in;....to bind up the nation's wounds;....to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace."

[roundel] America's food pledge 20 million tons

Save food
for world relief

UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION