Life — November 7, 1918 — page 5: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "America in Arms" - WWI Propaganda Page The four cartoon figures at the top represent personified nations: **Liberty** (America), **Italy**, **France**, and **England**—America's allies in World War I. Each holds a shield bearing their nation's name and displays weapons or martial posture, illustrating their unified military commitment. The poem "America in Arms" by Arthur Guiterman beneath celebrates American industrial and human resources mobilized for war—forests, mountains, forges, farms, and citizens (clerks, sailors, smiths, farmers, merchants). The illustration titled "The Stowaway" shows a woman and soldier together, likely representing America joining the conflict after initially attempting neutrality—a "stowaway" joining the Allied cause. This is patriotic WWI propaganda encouraging American industrial and military support for the Allied powers.