Save Freedom of Worship: Buy War Bonds
Bond-sale poster using Norman Rockwell's painting of faces in profile at prayer, one woman holding a rosary, under 'Save Freedom of Worship' and the line 'Each according to the dictates of his own conscience', with 'Buy War Bonds' below. The tell is a religious-liberty value tied to a purchase request.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1942
- 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
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Religion, 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)
Office of War Information (after Norman Rockwell). National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-263 (NAID 513712).
Text on the object
SAVE FREEDOM OF WORSHIP EACH ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF HIS OWN CONSCIENCE [signature:] NORMAN ROCKWELL BUY WAR BONDS [imprint:] [illegible]
