No one had to tell HIM to save food and equipment (Valley Forge 1778)
Army conservation poster: a ragged Continental soldier at Valley Forge in 1778 sits on a log in a snowstorm and toasts meat over a small fire, with cannon and a flag behind him. The headline says no one had to tell him to save food and equipment, transferring the prestige of the Revolutionary soldier to wartime thrift.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1944
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Army, Army Conservation Program (artist signed Wilson)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, War and the military
- 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)
U.S. Army. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1414 (NAID 515078).
Text on the object
VALLEY FORGE 1778 No one had to tell HIM to save food & equipment [imprint:] U.S. ARMY SAVE CONSERVATION PROGRAM ARMY CONSERVATION POSTER NO. 47-P-8 [signature:] [illegible] '44 [imprint:] U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1944 -- O -- 569790
