Homecoming G.I., 1945 print by Norman Rockwell

Saturday Evening Post Cover, May 26, 1945. This famous cover was first published weeks after the end of the war in Europe. This classic scene of a young soldier returning home has become one of Norman Rockwell's most beloved in a series of similar scenes of a welcome homecoming. Rockwell used the setting of Troy, New York as his inspiration. Please note: there is wear to the paper. Please see the edges.