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November 11, 1943- Proclamation 2600: Thanksgiving Day, 1943
Speech to encourage food production and conservation. November 1943 is "Food Fights for Freedom" Month
"Our farmers, victory gardeners, and crop volunteers have gathered and stored a heavy harvest in the barns and bins and cellars. Our total food…
"Our farmers, victory gardeners, and crop volunteers have gathered and stored a heavy harvest in the barns and bins and cellars. Our total food…
November 1, 1943- Message to Congress on the Food Program
Importance of food to the war effort. Outlines the food plan/ program for 1944.
"Much credit is also due to the patriotic men and women who spent so much time and energy in planting twenty million victory gardens in the United States, and helped…
"Much credit is also due to the patriotic men and women who spent so much time and energy in planting twenty million victory gardens in the United States, and helped…
March 9, 1942- Address on the Ninth Anniversary of the New Deal Farm Program
Talking to farmers and those who consume farm products and tells the American people to help in every way. Roosevelt demonstrates that food is just as important as weapons.
"we can all redirect ourselves to the spirit with which this common effort…
"we can all redirect ourselves to the spirit with which this common effort…
Join us on the Farm Front! Be a Victory Farm Volunteer of the U.S. Corp
Girl and a boy posing with gardening equipment. This propaganda poster invites young boys and girls to be part of the larger movement of growing food. It encourages them to take part in a voluntary program that FDR has constantly told them to engage…
January 22, 1945- Statement on Food Conservation
Pleads with Americans to continue the fight through the production of food.
"I call upon the millions of victory gardeners who have done so much to swell the Nation's food supply in the war years to continue their good work."
In his speeches,…
"I call upon the millions of victory gardeners who have done so much to swell the Nation's food supply in the war years to continue their good work."
In his speeches,…
Homemaker's War Guide
Chart describing the proper nutrition the home front population should be eating. This poster informed the home front population on all the ways that they could conserve and reuse items in order to make them last. The propaganda poster provides…
highland parks school victory garden
victory garden card used to keep track of the garden's progress. Schools provided cards, for the children participating in the victory garden program, to keep track of their gardens.
Highland Park's School Victory Garden
victory garden card that certifies the garden and allows for the student to keep track of their progress. Schools provided cards, for the children participating in the victory garden program, to keep track of their gardens.
Henry Browne, Farmer (1942)
Importance of contributing to the national food supply, and grow your own food. This propaganda video highlights the farm garden, and describes the important role that famers played in the war effort. In addition to growing produce for to sell, the…
Grow Your Own: Be Sure!
Red, White, and Blue "V" ribbon surrounded by vegetables. Franklin Roosevelt realized that he could use propaganda posters as a way to encourage the home front to participate in growing a victory garden. His administration used colorful posters to…