Have you ever eaten dinner with your grandparents and had them tell you that you need to clean your plate because during the war we didn’t have a lot of food?
I had an elementary student come in with his grandmother and ask if we had anything on World War II. It seems his grandmother had fussed with him at dinner about not eating everything on his plate. She explained that during the war everyone had to make sacrifices. Food was rationed out, including sugar and he should be glad he had plenty to eat. He didn’t believe that she had to ration sugar or food for that matter. He looked at a variety of records we have for World War II including newspaper clippings, propaganda posters, scrapbooks, a memorial volume of those who died, and of course, rationing coupons. Turns out mom-mom was right.
Related Topics: Memorial Volume, Newspaper Clippings, Rationing Coupons, World War II, World War II propaganda posters
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