 In addition to the "Keep It Ours" caption, "Long May It Wave" was placed at the bottom of the pamphlet, referencing the "amber waves of grain" of the song "America the beautiful" and the second stanza of the "Star Spangled Banner".In October 1942, shortly after he finished "Our Good Earth", Curry received an official request from the Office of War Information to make another poster.He was asked to have the poster completed by November 5 of that year.