--- title: 'Uncle Sam''s Birthday, July 4th 1918: 142 Years Young and Going Strong' url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uncle-sams-birthday-july-4th-1918/ description: Uncle Sam, in star-spangled coat and striped trousers, charges forward with a fixed bayonet through shell bursts on a red field. section: Collection --- 1. [Home](https://propagandaarchive.org/) 2. [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) 3. Uncle Sam's Birthday, July 4th 1918: 142 Years Young and Going Strong [![Uncle Sam's Birthday, July 4th 1918: 142 Years Young and Going Strong, 1918 US poster: Uncle Sam, in star-spangled coat](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uncle-sams-birthday-july-4th-1918.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/uncle-sams-birthday-july-4th-1918.jpg) # Uncle Sam's Birthday, July 4th 1918: 142 Years Young and Going Strong Uncle Sam, in star-spangled coat and striped trousers, charges forward with a fixed bayonet through shell bursts on a red field, under the dates 1776 and 1918. The slogan '142 years young and going strong!' fuses the nation's birthday with the present war effort, the tell of transfer, while the celebratory wording asks for no specific action. ## 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 ``` UNCLE SAM'S BIRTHDAY 1776 JULY 4TH 1918 142 YEARS YOUNG AND GOING STRONG! CIGARS UNITED [shield mark, twice] ``` A small artist's monogram at lower left of the picture is [illegible]. [← Uncle Sam: The Lid's Down! Obey Orders!](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/uncle-sam-the-lids-down-obey-orders-1918/) [Und Ihr? Zeichnet Kriegsanleihe (And You? Subscribe to the War Loan) →](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/und-ihr-zeichnet-kriegsanleihe-erler-1918/) ## More propaganda examples that use the same techniques - [Fragments of the Abydos king list from Ramesses II's temple, in the British Museum: rows of royal cartouches](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/abydos-king-list-ramesses-ii-temple-british-museum/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer) - [Clay cylinder with the Ehulhul inscription of Nabonidus, king of Babylon, describing work on three temples](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/cylinder-nabonidus-ehulhul-inscription-555bce/) (Neo Babylonian Empire · 0000 · Transfer) - [Seated limestone statue of Hatshepsut as king, with feminine royal titles on the throne, reassembled from fragments broken up at Deir el-Bahri](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/hatshepsut-seated-statue-limestone-met-1458bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Transfer, Testimonial) - [Glazed-brick panel with a striding lion, from Babylon (reign of Nebuchadnezzar II)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/ishtar-gate-panel-striding-lion-nebuchadnezzar-ii-604bce/) (Neo Babylonian Empire · 0000 · Transfer) - [Limestone relief block of Ramesses II wearing the White Crown, a jubilee relief from his temple at Herakleopolis](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/jubilee-relief-ramesses-ii-herakleopolis-met-05-4-256/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Transfer) - [Line drawing of the Great Kadesh battle relief on the walls of the Ramesseum, from Breasted's History of Egypt](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/kadesh-relief-ramesseum-breasted-drawing-1275bce/) (New Kingdom Egypt · 0000 · Card stacking, Transfer). Content note: A drawing of an Egyptian royal battle relief showing Hittite soldiers and horses killed and drowned, as the king's monument presented the battle; it is a one-sided image made by the winning side's own account. - [Gypsum alabaster slab inscribed in cuneiform, from Nimrud (Kalhu), reign of Ashurnasirpal II](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/nimrud-slab-ashurnasirpal-ii-inscription-883bce/) (Neo Assyrian Empire · 0000 · Transfer, Glittering generalities) - [Egyptian alabaster jar inscribed with the name of Xerxes the Great in four languages (Old Persian, Elamite, Babylonian, Egyptian), 486 to 466 BCE](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/xerxes-jar-four-languages-486bce/) (Achaemenid Empire · 0000 · Transfer)