Independence Day

A quick note wishing everyone a happy Independence Day. Before you head out to a barbecue for some all-American SOLE food, here's a postcard I recently received, reminiscing about summer cookouts past.



It's from the MoMA collection by British graphic designer Abram Games, commissioned by the British War Office in 1943 as part of the war effort. Of course, this was to encourage the British equivalent of the Victory Garden campaign. The visual parallels between field/table, pitchfork/fork, shovel/knife are just great. On a day devoted to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, I can think of a better move that could be made to secure individual freedoms and national security than to follow the advice from this poster and grow your own food!

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