Button, Ronald Reagan, 1980
date: label: date made
content: 1980
name: label: associated person
content: Reagan, Ronald
label: associated person
content: Bush, George, H. W.
notes: label: Description
content: Ronald Reagan, the 1980 Republican presidential nominee, originated the slogan “Make America Great Again.” He and his running mate George H.W. Bush used the phrase on buttons and posters in their successful campaign against President Jimmy Carter and Vice President Walter Mondale. Democrat Bill Clinton started his 1992 campaign with the pledge to “make America great again” and Donald Trump trademarked the slogan for his successful 2016 Republican campaign.
setName: label: See more items in
content: Political History: Political History, Campaign Collection
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Democracy
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Robert E. Matthews, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0691.04
label: accession number
content: 1980.0691
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0691.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Button