Tired of Giving? We Don't Know What It Is to Be Tired
A pen drawing shows a woman bowed in grief on the rubble of a ruined house, with a child beside her, a bundle at their feet and crosses on the hillside behind. The text contrasts American 'giving' with the sacrifices of the women of Belgium and France and says Americans will not share them 'if we all buy' Liberty Bonds, so the appeal links a purchase to avoiding invasion.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- U.S. Treasury Department (Liberty Loan campaign)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Fundraise
- Themes
- Economy and finance, Home front, War and the military
- Event
- World War I
- Regime
- Wilson administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), RG 4 (U.S. Food Administration), World War I Posters (NAID 512439), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- NARA Unrestricted; hosted by owner decision
U.S. Treasury Department (Liberty Loan campaign). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-284.
Text on the object
TIRED OF GIVING? WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE TIRED WE HAVE NOT MADE SUCH SACRIFICES AS THE WOMEN OF BELGIUM AND FRANCE WE SHALL NEVER HAVE TO, IF WE ALL BUY LIBERTY BONDS [Signature:] J. N. Ding [Credit line:] (Courtesy of the N. Y. Tribune) [Number at lower left: illegible]
