From Smithsonian Military Posters Calendar for May 2015.
The poster shows Lady Liberty walking through a plowed field throwing out seed and reads "The Seeds of Victory Insure the Fruits of Peace. Write to the National War Garden Commission- Washington, D.C. for free books on gardening, canning & drying. "Victory Gardens Help the Hungry." Charles Lathrop Pack, President.
The text reads The Seeds of Victory / James Montgomery Flagg, National War Garden Commission, 1919.
The National War Garden Commission encouraged Americans to plant home gardens to meet the war's increased demand on agriculture. Home gardens used land not previously farmed, while reducing the need for the heavily-burdened transportation systems to ship crops intended for home consumption.
Feed the Folks. --GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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