Environmental Button
Environmental Button
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- Description
- The first Earth Day was held on April 22, 1970. The occasion was first conceived by Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin, as a national day of observance for environmental problems. Millions of people participated in events across the country, while thousands of schools held special educational sessions, all dealing with environmental concerns. Earth Day has since become an annual event, celebrated worldwide.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- button
- Date made
- 1970
- maker
- Edward Horn Co.
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5.1 cm x 1.2 cm; 2 in x 1/2 in
- ID Number
- 1993.3186.04
- catalog number
- 1993.3186.04
- nonaccession number
- 1993.3186
- Credit Line
- Horn Badge Company
- subject
- Environmental Movement
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Biological Sciences
- Clothing & Accessories
- Natural Resources
- Environmental Buttons
- Artifact Walls exhibit
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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