Ours... to fight for: Freedom from Want
Poster using Norman Rockwell's painting of a family gathered at a holiday table as a grandmother sets down a turkey, headed 'Ours... to fight for' and captioned 'Freedom from Want'. The tell is the pairing of an abstract value with a warm domestic scene, presenting the war aim as the table itself.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Office of War Information (after Norman Rockwell)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- 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)
Office of War Information (after Norman Rockwell). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-261 (NAID 513710).
Text on the object
OURS... to fight for FREEDOM FROM WANT [signature:] Norman Rockwell
