Save for security: buy Defense Savings Stamps here
Savings-stamp point-of-sale sheet in red, white and blue: a Minuteman statue figure with musket stands beside the words 'Buy Defense Savings Stamps Here', framed by stars and the headline 'Save for security'. The Revolutionary-era figure transfers the prestige of the founding militia to stamp-buying, and 'security', 'thrift' and 'defense' are positive-value words.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department, Defense Savings Staff
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front
- 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. Treasury Department, Defense Savings Staff. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-1671 (NAID 515339).
Text on the object
SAVE FOR SECURITY BUY DEFENSE SAVINGS STAMPS HERE ... this STORE makes Savings Stamps available to Encourage THRIFT and Aid Our Country's DEFENSE [imprint: DSS 123] [imprint: U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1941]
