Remember Pearl Harbor Day
A text-only anniversary sheet in a red, white and blue star border with a pale Liberty Bell behind the lines. It lists four resolutions ('Remember and honor', 'Give thanks to God', 'Take stock of', 'Re-dedicate') and ends 'Work! Fight! Sacrifice!'. Bell, Bill of Rights and Constitution are invoked in broad terms (glittering generalities, transfer).
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- American Institute of Publicity, Philadelphia
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- 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)
American Institute of Publicity. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1630 (NAID 515296).
Text on the object
On this anniversary of the attack upon Pearl Harbor let us— REMEMBER AND HONOR the men and women who have already given their lives in this struggle. GIVE THANKS TO GOD for our survival of the unprovoked attack by ruthless enemies. TAKE STOCK OF what we have done in one year of war and what lies ahead to be done in terms of Work-Fight-Sacrifice. RE-DEDICATE our strength, time, wealth and our very lives to preserve a concept of living more precious than individual life itself. For our priceless Bill of Rights and our Constitution of the United States of America we will WORK! FIGHT! SACRIFICE! "REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR DAY" DECEMBER 7, 1942 [imprint: COPYRIGHT 1942 AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLICITY, PHILADELPHIA] [Liberty Bell inscription faint behind the text: partly illegible]
