page_title: Committee on Public Information
section_title: Organizational history
hierarchical_section_title: Committee on Public Information / Organizational history
caption_attribution_description: "U.S. Official War Pictures", propaganda poster by Louis D. Fancher
context_page_description: The Committee on Public Information, also known as the CPI or the Creel Committee, was an independent agency of the government of the United States created to influence public opinion to support US participation in World War I.
  In just over 26 months, from April 14, 1917, to June 30, 1919, it used every medium available to create enthusiasm for the war effort and to enlist public support against the foreign and perceived domestic attempts to stop America's participation in the war. It used mainly propaganda to accomplish its goals.
caption: "U.S. Official War Pictures", CPI poster by Louis D. Fancher
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