what a peice of paper can do..
GUYS, its been way too long!
So my grandbaby Tyler (on the left) was running for vice president for student council at his high school and was asking me to help him make posters. And boy did that bring back memories!
I remember when our streets and post boards in town use to be filled with propaganda! Remember we all got sucked into the marketing scheme and bought all those useless savings bonds? I remembered my wife got so worked up about the Nazi’s she was like “I’m going to across the ocean and smack those no good Nazi’s” and I’m always the one trying to calm her down and trying to tell her that we are not solider that just go and fight and die, we are the soldiers of the land. We are those who give those fit enough to go across the ocean substance, food and clothing. She should have been proud of our little farm though, we just go out of a drought and was doing well going back into the agricultural business. I was just happy to be able to farm the land again. Oh do I love the earth . So guys, what do you remember about the propaganda?
So my grandbaby Tyler (on the left) was running for vice president for student council at his high school and was asking me to help him make posters. And boy did that bring back memories!
I remember when our streets and post boards in town use to be filled with propaganda! Remember we all got sucked into the marketing scheme and bought all those useless savings bonds? I remembered my wife got so worked up about the Nazi’s she was like “I’m going to across the ocean and smack those no good Nazi’s” and I’m always the one trying to calm her down and trying to tell her that we are not solider that just go and fight and die, we are the soldiers of the land. We are those who give those fit enough to go across the ocean substance, food and clothing. She should have been proud of our little farm though, we just go out of a drought and was doing well going back into the agricultural business. I was just happy to be able to farm the land again. Oh do I love the earth . So guys, what do you remember about the propaganda?
posted by Farmer Joe | 21:44
4 Comments:
Christina the Factory Worker:
i remember seeing Rosie the Riveter posters all over the streets once the soldiers were sent to war. It was a picture of a strong woman (my display picture) flexing and saying "We can do it!". I guess it was the ideal female worker they wanted, and i guess it was a good propaganda because it got me motivated to be like Rosie! I wanted to be that strong woman in the poster, helping out and being part of the war effort. Then came the song describing Rosie
"All day long whether rain or shine,
she's always part of the assembly line.
she's making history,
working for victory!"
This inspired me to work at a factory, to make weapons and provide for war. After all, by working there makes me feel like i'm bringing my husband and son home as soon as possible!
Propaganda, hahaha. I always found those really amusing to read and see around the streets. They really seemed to work too. Young boys and men would all want to help out in the war effort, some even cheated the officers and lied about their age! If they only knew what a war really was like. But then again, without these eager volunteers, conscription would have been forced much earlier in on the war. Should we really be thanking propaganda, or opposing them?
Oh, the propaganda’s! I was such a little girl; I actually thought they were great ideas! There were propaganda posters everywhere, that it almost became normal. I didn’t pay much attention to it, but I found the ones with the cute little girls on it, a clever idea! I heard they actually worked too! Many young men and war brides in my neighborhood left to work in the factories as well! However, I am glad to see your son was involved in school! I left school at a really early age, because mama thought it was just too dangerous!
The propaganda nearly got me, back in the day! I nearly did go off and enlist! However, I made my decision to stay home for my family and those posters weren't going to change my mind. My job was to stay at home and war effort by informing the nation. Of course, they did manage to guilt me into buying a victory bond. Useless in the end, but at least it took away that nagging feeling at the pit of my stomach!
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