The Committee on Public Information (1917–1919), also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States under the Wilson administration created to influence public opinion to support the US in World War I, in particular, the US home front.
"U.S. Official War Pictures", CPI poster by Louis D. Fancher
Image: 4 Minute Men 1917 CPI
United States in World War I
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The United States declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917, nearly three years after World War I started. A ceasefire and armistice were declared on November 11, 1918. Before entering the war, the U.S. had remained neutral, though it had been an important supplier to the United Kingdom, France, and the other powers of the Allies of World War I.
Two American soldiers run towards a bunker.
A 1915 political cartoon about the United States neutrality
Anti-German sentiment spiked after the sinking of the Lusitania. This recruiting poster depicts a drowning mother and child.
The Landship Recruit in Union Square in New York City