Sow The Seeds Of Victory
Borrowing from an iconic food-related poster of the First World War created by famous illustrator and artist James Montgomery Flagg, “SOW THE SEEDS OF VICTORY” and its sister poster “WILL YOU HAVE A PART IN VICTORY?” invoke the call for PERSONAL ACTION, ACCOUNTABILITY & RESPONSIBILITY.
Each poster features the United States embodied as COLUMBIA, a FIERCELY INDEPENDENT WOMAN, striding boldly through a freshly plowed field casting seeds from a round basket. Draped in a red, white, and blue dress representing the American flag, along with a Phyrgian cap on her head, a symbol of FREEDOM and LIBERTY, COLUMBIA epitomizes American ideals of LIBERTY, JUSTICE, & EQUALITY FOR ALL.
The bottom of each poster reads “EVERY GARDEN A MUNITION PLANT.” The posters imply that by PLANTING GARDENS, ordinary Americans could “SOW THE SEEDS OF VICTORY” by TAKING PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY to PLANT AND RAISE THEIR OWN GARDEN, thus assisting the war effort both literally and symbolically.
The “EVERY GARDEN A MUNITION PLANT” reinforced the importance of growing gardens at home, rather than needlessly consuming commercially canned produce and wartime materials and fuel.
CULTIVATE & NOURISH THE GARDEN OF YOUR SOUL
TEND TO ITS GROWTH & ADVANCEMENT
PRUNE AND WEED OUT ALL THAT SEEKS TO OVERCOME IT
CARE FOR AND PROTECT ITS LIVELIHOOD & VITALITY
HARVEST ITS MANY OFFERINGS
SHARE ITS MANY BLESSINGS
EXPERIENCE ITS GLORY
HARNESS THE POWER OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
RISE THROUGH HEART-CENTERED CHOICES & ACTION
SOW THE SEEDS OF VICTORY! – James Montgomery Flagg
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