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Meet Molly
Children's fiction about a young girl growing up on the home front during the Second World War. Children's literature is one of the most prominent ways that the World War II victory garden is remembered in the post-World War II era. It provides a…
Lilly's Victory Garden
Children's picture book about a girl who tends a victory garden in her neighbor's yard because the wife is too sick to work in the garden. Children's literature is one of the most prominent ways that the World War II victory garden is remembered in…
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…
Jennie's War: The Home Front in World War 2
Story about a girl named Jennie living during World War II. Grows a victory garden. Children's literature is one of the most prominent ways that the World War II victory garden is remembered in the post-World War II era. It provides a safe way for…
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 it Yourself: Plan a Farm Garden Now!
Poster of vegetable farm garden being watered. This propaganda poster encourages the home front to grow the type of garden that will supply an abundance of food.The poster tells the home front to grow a "Farm Garden", which reflects the idea that a…
Great World War II Projects: You Can Build Yourself
Teaching Children about World War II. Children's literature is one of the most prominent ways that the World War II victory garden is remembered in the post-World War II era. It provides a safe way for authors to introduce children to the Second…