World War - in the service of the nation / Dan Smith.

Commemorative allegorical print showing Columbia seated on pedestal, wearing a Phrygian cap, with an American flag, eagle with wings spread, and a scene showing American soldiers shooting a machine gun. Printed below the image is a certificate, "In the serivce of the nation", for a soldier's record of service, followed by an excerpt from President Woodrow Wilson's Dec. 4, 1917 speech before congress. Also shows emblems of various military service units and the flags of several nations.

Signed "Dan Smith" center right.
Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M67; World War I; engineering soldier.
Purchase; William A. Gladstone; 1995; (DLC/PP-1995:113.279).

Includes an insert of a photograph of an unidentified African American soldier, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing uniform indicating service as an engineer.
Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Experiences of WW I" in the Thomas Jefferson Building, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., April - Nov. 2017.