{"id":4791,"date":"2019-12-19T23:43:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T23:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/?p=4791"},"modified":"2019-12-19T23:48:37","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T23:48:37","slug":"world-war-i-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/world-war-i-7\/","title":{"rendered":"World War I"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-4812\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/files\/2019\/12\/440_l.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;I Want You&quot; poster by James Montgomery Flagg\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I Want You for U.S. Army : Nearest Recruiting Station <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">was World War I propaganda recruitment poster created by James Montgomery Flagg, who was regarded for his political posters. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I Want You for U.S. Army : Nearest Recruiting Station<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was published in 1917 and four million copies were released all over the nation. The intended audience of the propaganda poster was for the men of America. The United States just recently entered World War I at the time of the poster\u2019s publication and the nation needed men to join the army and fight. The focal point of this poster is Uncle Sam, a personified embodiment of the United States government. Uncle Sam was a well known fictional figure and patriot was used to evoke national pride in men to join the army and help their country fight the war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wake Up America  World War 1, song, 1916\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KO7rjc3NYQs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">Have we forgotten, America, the battles our fathers fought?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Are we ashamed of our history? In the peace that fighting brought?<br \/>\nMust we be laughed at, America, while our swords turn weak with rust<br \/>\nIs the blood of our fathers wasted? And how have we treated their trust?<br \/>\nIs Columbia the gem of the ocean? Is Old Glory the pride of the Free?<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s forget every selfish emotion, United forever, let&#8217;s be!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4844 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/files\/2019\/12\/446038-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"Wake Up, America\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/files\/2019\/12\/446038-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/files\/2019\/12\/446038.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wake up, America, if we are called to war<br \/>\nAre we prepared to give our lives for our sweethearts and our wives?<br \/>\nAre our mothers and our homes worth fighting for?<br \/>\nLet us pray, God, for peace, but peace with honor<br \/>\nBut let&#8217;s get ready to answer duty&#8217;s call<br \/>\nSo when Old Glory stands unfurled<br \/>\nLet it mean to all the world:<br \/>\nAmerica is ready, that&#8217;s all!<\/p>\n<p>Do you remember George Washington that winter at Valley Forge?<br \/>\nJackson and Custer and Farragut and of Perry at Fort George?<br \/>\nMcKinley and Lincoln were fighting men<br \/>\nAnd the heroes our country knew simply crowd through history pages<br \/>\nJust think what they&#8217;ve done all for you!<br \/>\nMade Columbia the gem of the ocean<br \/>\nMade Old Glory the pride of the free<br \/>\nShall we fail in our test of devotion?<br \/>\nOh! What is our history to be?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KO7rjc3NYQs\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wake Up, America!<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was written by George Graff Jr who was an American songwriter. Graff was born August 5, 1886. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wake Up, America<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was published in 1916 by Leo Feist, Inc. The intended audience of Graff\u2019s song were the American citizens who did not want to enter the war. Even though the United States did not officially enter the war until 1917 they still were involved by exporting supplies to allied countries. The purpose of targeting these citizens was to try and persuade them into favoring the war effort because the United States has not yet entered World War I. Also, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wake Up, America<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was intended to spark patriotism in Americans with the references to forefathers like George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5720\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/files\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-09-at-11.27.52-AM-624x929.png\" alt=\"100% american \" width=\"500\" height=\"744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/files\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-09-at-11.27.52-AM-624x929.png 624w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/modern-us-history\/files\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-09-at-11.27.52-AM-624x929-202x300.png 202w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The United States Treasury published this poster by Joseph Stern in 1918. The poster is intended to persuade American citizens into buying war bonds by challenging their patriotism. The poster also has images of American flags, cannons, and an eagle in effort to also promote patriotism. The purpose of the poster was to have more citizens buy war bonds as a way to support the war effort from home. War is very expensive and the United States needed as much money as possible so through the use of propaganda they tried to evoke citizens to help.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I Want You for U.S. Army : Nearest Recruiting Station was World War I propaganda recruitment poster created by James Montgomery Flagg, who was regarded for his political posters. 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