Buttons and Pins

Anacostia Community Museum

Wearable pins and buttons express opinions quickly and visually. Featuring slogans, images, or names, these small symbols broadcast big ideas. They proclaim pride, protest, and political perspectives as well as memorialize people and events. For two centuries, these mini, mobile messages have been especially prominent accessories in Washington, DC, where people from across the country, around the world, and here at home gather to express themselves freely.

Buttons and Pins

Pinback Button, "Dave Clarke"

Pinback Button, "Coalition of 100 Black Women"

Pinback Button, "And Still We Rise"

Pinback Button, "Benson in '84"

Pinback Button, "Hands Across America"

Pinback Button, "Geraldine Ferraro for V.P."

Pinback Button, "President Reagan"

Pinback Button, "Jackson For President"

Pinback Button, "I Love Fisk"

Pinback Button, "Jesse Jackson"

Pinback Button, "Harold Washington"

Pinback Button, "Jesse Cares"

Pinback Button, "Jesse's Coalition"

Pinback Button, "Teachers For Harold Washington"

Pinback Button, "We '8" Um Up"

Pinback Button, "The Inauguration of Harold Washington 1983"

Pinback Button, "Harold Washington Mayoral Campaign"

Pinback Button, "Harold Washington For Chicago"

Pinback Button, "Can't Wait To Punch 8"

Pinback Button, "Harold Washington Mayoral Campaign"

Pinback Button, "I Love Fisk"

Pinback Button, "Jesse Jackson '88"

Pinback Button, "The Platform"

Pinback Button, “DC Make a Date for ‘88”

Pinback Button, "Peace, Equality, Justice"