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title: 'Ring It Again: Buy a United States Government Bond of the Second Liberty Loan of 1917'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ring-it-again-second-liberty-loan-1917/
description: The cracked Liberty Bell hangs above the headline 'Ring it again', with the Second Liberty Loan of 1917 named in large letters beneath.
section: Collection
---

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# Ring It Again: Buy a United States Government Bond of the Second Liberty Loan of 1917

The cracked Liberty Bell hangs above the headline 'Ring it again', with the Second Liberty Loan of 1917 named in large letters beneath. The bell's historical association with liberty is attached to the bond, and the closing line pairs two motives: 'Help Your Country and Yourself'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Transfer](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/transfer/) [Glittering generalities](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/glittering-generalities/)

## Text on the object

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

```
Ring it again
BUY A
United States Government Bond of the
SECOND
LIBERTY LOAN
of 1917
Help Your Country and Yourself
```

Inscription on the bell, partly legible: 'PROCLAIM LIBERTY THROUGHOUT ALL THE LAND', 'ORDER OF THE ASSEMBLY OF THE PROVINCE OF [illegible]', 'PASS AND STOW PHILADA MDCCLIII'.

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