"March for Our Lives" Button, 2018

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Artifact Overview

March for Our Lives, a student-led organization demonstrating for gun control legislation, was formed after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, which claimed 17 lives. The organization arranged protest marches in March 2018, a month after the shooting. The protests in Washington, D. C., and more than 800 other locations attracted an estimated one to two million participants.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Button (Information artifact)

Date Made

2018

Subject Date

24 March 2018

Location

Not on exhibit to the public.

Object ID

2018.88.10

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Metal

Color

White (Color)
Blue
Black (Color)

Dimensions

Height: 0.25 in
Diameter: 2.188 in

Inscriptions

on front: MARCH FOR OUR LIVES along bottom edge: Dr. Don's Buttons / (800) 243-8293 / www.buttonsonline.com
"March for Our Lives" Button, 2018