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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

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

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

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

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

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

J. Howard Miller, We Can Do It!, National Museum of American History, 1942

"An American propaganda poster from 1943 produced to inspire worker confidence.

In 1942, Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller was hired by the…

Tags: Propaganda, Rosie the Riveter, War, Women

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

Carl Hubenthal, Merry Christmas to G.I. Joe, Library of Congress, 1968

"In this 1968 poster by Carl Hubenthal, an American soldier ""G.I. Joe,"" is sitting in a jungle setting, with a recently unwrapped child's…

Tags: Bob Hope, Christmas, G.I. Joe, War