"Tell That to the Marines" Poster 144 Canadian History He came back from no-man's-land

He came back from no-man's-land a hero

On this 100th anniversary of World War I it is valuable to have this firsthand record of the experiences of the soldiers with the communities they were fighting to protect

Soaring high above the chaos on the ground

Black soldiers believed their participation in the fight to make the world safe for democracy finally earned them rights they had been promised since the close of the Civil War

It would end officially almost five years later

"Tell That to the Marines" Poster 144 Canadian History He came back from no-man's-landDescription This poster features a reproduction of the 1918 U. S. Marines recruitment poster by artist James Montgomery Flagg. Text: "Tell that to the Marines! at 24 East 23rd Street." Made in the USA