Halt the Hun! Buy U.S. Government bonds, third liberty loan

HaltTheHun.jpg

Title

Halt the Hun! Buy U.S. Government bonds, third liberty loan

Creator

Raleigh, Henry Patrick, 1880-1944

Description

American soldier halting German soldier, who is standing over woman holding child.

While there have obviously been veterans as long as America has fought wars, World War I can be seen as a watershed moment in public attitudes toward veterans. On mustering out, each soldier received $60 -- or about enough to buy a new set of clothes -- and by April 1919, 40% of veterans remained unemployed. Veterans' relief organizations such as the American Legion sprung up to help support returning soldiers. Many of our modern ideas about veterans, such as providing healthcare, disability support, and guaranteed pensions, come out of the activism of World War I veterans.

Publisher

US Department of the Treasury

Date

1918

Source

Bside B / World War, 1914-1918

Extent

1 broadside / 75 x 51 cm

Identifier

HaltTheHun.jpg

Format

jpeg

Provenance

Elisha Camp gift, 1973

Rights

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NKC/1.0/?language=en

Original Format

Repository

Vermont Historical Society, 60 Washington Street, Suite 1, Barre, Vermont 05641

Rights Statement

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Collection

Citation

Raleigh, Henry Patrick, 1880-1944, “Halt the Hun! Buy U.S. Government bonds, third liberty loan,” Digital Vermont: A Project of the Vermont Historical Society, accessed December 13, 2024, https://www.digitalvermont.org/items/show/2316.