American artist Norman Rockwell created a series of painting on the Four Freedoms theme after hearing President Franklin RooseveltĄs inspiring Four FreedomsŒ speech on January 6, 1941. This painting focuses on freedom of speech and urges AmericanĄs to buy War Bonds. Although the Government initially rejected Rockwell`s offer to create these paintings on the Four Freedoms theme, the images were publicly circulated when The Saturday Evening Post, one of the nation`s most popular magazines, commissioned and reproduced the paintings. After winning public approval, the paintings served as the centerpiece of a massive U.S. war bond drive and were put into service to help explain the warĄs aims.

Credits - National Archives; printed by the Government Printing Office for the Office of War Information Š 1943 SEPS. The Curtis Publishing Co., Agent