Browse Items (12 total)

Unknown, The March King: John Philip Sousa 1854-1932, Library of Congress, n.d.

"John Philip Sousa was born in Washington, D. C. in 1854. He received his early education in Washington public schools, while studying music at a…

Tags: John Philip Sousa, March King, Music

United States Department of Treasury, Keep Us Flying! Buy U.S. War Bonds, United States Department of Treasury, 1943

"If anyone, then, asks me the meaning of our flag, I say to him—it means just what Concord and Lexington meant; what Bunker Hill meant; which was, in…

Tags: Propaganda, War, War Bonds

United States Department of Defense, Corporal Patrick Tillman, Former NFL Player, United States Department of Defense, Jun-03

In the aftermath of the attacks on September 11, 2001, Pat proudly put his NFL career with the Arizona Cardinals on hold to serve his country. This…

Tags: Iraq, Military Service, NFL, Patrick Tillman

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Day Posters 1978 to 2014, U.S. Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, 1991 - First Poster, 1987 - Second Poster

Each year since 1978 the Department of Veterans Affairs publishes a commemorative Veterans Day poster. The poster is selected through a competition…

Tags: Military Service, Tribute, Veterans Day

U.S. Army, Lieutenant Colonel Mercedes O. Cubria, First Cuban Born Female in the U.S. Army, U.S. Army, unknown

Lieutenant Colonel Mercedes O. Cubria (1903-1980), a.k.a. La Tia (The Aunt), was the first Cuban-born female officer in the U.S. Army. She served in…

Tags: Cuba, Mercedes O. Cubra, Military Service, U.S. Army

U.S. Army, USO Show with Bob Hope, 1944, U.S. Army, 1943

The United Service Organizations Inc. (USO) is a nonprofit organization that provides programs, services and live entertainment to United States…

Tags: Bob Hope, Department of Defense, Entertainment, USO

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., 1st. African American General in the Regular Army & U.S. Armed Forces, NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE, No date given

"My own opinion was that blacks could best overcome racist attitudes through achievements, even though those achievements had to take place within the…

Tags: African-Americans, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., General, Military Service, War

Linda D. Kozaryn, United States Army, Entertainer Irving Berlin Aboard the USS Arkansas, USO, 2000 - Jewel, 1944 - Berlin

Supporting America’s troops was the first mission of the USO. In 1941, as it became clear that the nation was heading into World War II, several…

Tags: FDR, Irving Berlin, USO, USS Arkansas, USS Harry S. Truman

John Clifton, 2001 - Colin L. Powell, First African American Secretary ofState, US Department of Defense., 1989

Colin Luther Powell was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African…

Tags: African-Americans, Colin Powell, Military Service, Secretary of State

James Montgomery Flagg, U.S. Army Recruitment Poster, Library of Congress, 1917

"A war recruitment poster of ‘Uncle Sam’ pointing out and imploring others to join the US army.

The famous war recruitment poster that is well…

Tags: Military Service, Recruitment, U.S. Army, War