Third Liberty Loan Poster
Suggested Teaching Instructions
President Woodrow Wilson in his “Speech at the Opening of the Third Liberty Loan Campaign, delivered in the Fifth Regiment Armory, Baltimore” on April 6, 1918 urges Americans to buy liberty loans and he gives a detailed explanation for why we are fighting in the war.
The Third Liberty Loan campaign was promoted by Boy Scouts of America. There were posters created that promoted Third Liberty Loans and the Boy Scouts of America’s support of them. On these posters Liberty Loans were coined as “weapons for liberty”.
Essential Question
How do nations finance war?
Check for Understanding
Describe the key symbols in the poster and explain the goal of the poster.
Historical Challenges
Compare propaganda posters for liberty bonds. Which posters are the most convincing and why?
Interdisciplinary Connections
Art: Create a poster that promotes liberty bonds.