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
- Date
- 1918
- Period
- First World War
- Made by
- Cigars United (U.S. cigar trade campaign)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Wilson Administration
- Leader
- Woodrow Wilson
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- War and the military, Home front
- 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
Cigars United (U.S. cigar trade campaign). National Archives and Records Administration, 4-P-6.
Text on the object
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].
