"Remember Pearl Harbor" Lapel Pin
"Remember Pearl Harbor" Lapel Pin
- Description
- Physical Description
- Cast metal featuring an eagle with spread wings. A pierced oval with "Remember" in red above a pearl and "Harbor" in blue below.
- General History
- After the December 7, 1941, bombing of the military base at Pearl Harbor, Americans rallied around the war effort with the patriotic cry, "Remember Pearl Harbor." Thousands of buttons or lapel pins were distributed to remind Americans of the tragic event and to solidify the war efforts.
- Object Name
- pin, sweetheart
- Physical Description
- metal (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- enamel (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/4 in x 2 in x 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x 5.08 cm x .635 cm
- ID Number
- AF.82244M
- catalog number
- 82244M
- accession number
- 1977.0876
- Pearl Harbor, Attack on
- World War II
- The Great Depression and World War II
- See more items in
- Political and Military History: Armed Forces History, General
- Military
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- Exhibition
- Price of Freedom
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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