Why it matters
American children are tucked into bed by their parents while the Blitz rages in Britain. It is the last of Rockwell's Four Freedoms.
Did you know?
- It was published in The Saturday Evening Post on 13 March 1943.
- It accompanied an essay by Stephen Vincent Benét.
- The series was inspired by Roosevelt's 1941 State of the Union address.
Based on the Wikipedia article Freedom from Fear (painting) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
