F.D.R. Americanism

https://iowaculture.gov/sites/default/files/history-education-pss-war-americanism-transcription.pdf This speech by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on August 9 of 1920, presented in Hyde Park, New York, and detailed the end of World War I and America’s fallen soldiers....
Food—Don’t Waste It

Food—Don’t Waste It

   In 1917, artist Frederic G. Cooper created the poster above to promote the conservation of food for the American public. Until then, the United States had maintained a neutral position in World War I and provided the Allied forces with supplies to sustain...
Path to Independence

Path to Independence

The American Revolution also known as the U.S. War of Independence was fought between the thirteen American colonies and Great Britain during 1765 and 1783. American colonies rejected Great Britain’s imperial rule, taxation policies, and lack of representation which...
Soldiers Without Guns

Soldiers Without Guns

Soldiers Without Guns Adolph Treidler’s “Soldiers Without Guns” was created in 1944 and published by the Government Printing Office to contribute to propaganda spread during World War II, which encouraged women to join the workforce[1]. The poster showcases three...
The Irish-American Sheet Music

The Irish-American Sheet Music

The Irish American[1], piano sheet music is a 1905 composition by George M. Cohan, a famous Irish Catholic American entertainer who became a pinnacle for Catholic Irish Americans during an era of oppression. In many ways, Cohan’s contributions embraced widespread...