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title: Since America was discovered, it's been a land of individual liberty and opportunity
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/since-america-was-discovered-think-american-1941/
description: 'Think American home-front poster: a black silhouette of a sailing ship with two smaller ships behind it against a sunset sky.'
section: Collection
---

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[![Since America was discovered, it's been a land of individual liberty and opportunity, 1941 US poster: Think American](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/since-america-was-discovered-think-american-1941.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/since-america-was-discovered-think-american-1941.jpg)

# Since America was discovered, it's been a land of individual liberty and opportunity

Think American home-front poster: a black silhouette of a sailing ship with two smaller ships behind it against a sunset sky, with white text about liberty and opportunity and an orange line, 'We're fighting to protect that way of living.' The tell is abstract, positive words ('liberty', 'opportunity') attached to the war aim, with the early-voyage image lending them age.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

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

## Text on the object

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

```
Since AMERICA was
discovered, it's been
a land of individual
liberty and opportunity
We're fighting to protect
that way of living.
[signature:] C R MILLER
[imprint:] THINKAMERICAN INSTITUTE (seal)
[imprint:] THINKAMERICAN REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.
[imprint:] No. 162-COPYRIGHT,-KELLY-READ & CO., ROCHESTER, N.Y.
```

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