Victory Boys and Girls

 

During times of national crisis, youth organizations have always been at the forefront, answering the called for service.

World War I - 1914-1918 for the first time brought forth programs aimed at getting kids involved with helping a nation at war. Many of these programs worked through the school system

Victory Girls and Boys collected pennies, nickels and dimes for the war effort.

Victory Girls

Government Poster

1918 Campaign Button

Government Poster

1919 Campaign Button

Government Poster

1918 Certificate of Enrollment

Victory Boys

World War II brought a whole new generation of youth programs that became involved out of a sense of duty. "Victory" was the call word. Many pins and buttons showed the Morse code (dots and dashes) spelling out "V" for Victory.