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To merge this popular form of advertising with key messages about the war, the U.S. And they could easily be reprinted in a variety of languages. They could be pasted on the sides of buildings, put in the windows of homes, tacked up in workplaces, and resized to appear above cable car windows and in magazines. Posters-which were so well designed and illustrated that people collected and displayed them in fine art galleries-possessed both visual appeal and ease of reproduction. How could ordinary Americans be convinced to participate in the war “ Over There,” as one of the most popular songs of the era described it? The government didn’t have time to waste while its citizens made up their minds about joining the fight. entered the fray when Congress declared war on Germany. It took three years, but on April 2, 1917, the U.S. In Europe and beyond, country after country was drawn into the war by a web of alliances. On July 28, 1914, World War I officially began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
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