"IN AMERICA How Could This Happen...," badge
date: label: date made
content: 2020
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: one (1) badge
label: Description (Brief)
content: Washington, D.C., 2020
label: Description (Brief)
content: Description: red and white pin on badge
label: Description (Brief)
content: Obverse Text: In America How could this happen... / volunteer
label: Description (Brief)
content: Volunteer badge from the installation "IN AMERICA How Could This Happen...," created by artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg to commemorate the lives lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the time of the installation in October, 2020 the death toll stood at 223,059.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: associated subject
content: Infectious diseases
label: associated subject
content: COVID-19 (Disease)
label: associated subject
content: Public Health
label: associated subject
content: 2019-nCoV disease
label: associated subject
content: Disease prevention
label: associated subject
content: 2019 novel coronavirus disease
label: related event
content: COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020-2023
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: General History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2021.0014.25
label: accession number
content: 2021.0014
label: catalog number
content: 2021.0014.25
objectType: label: Object Name
content: badge
label: Object Name
content: volunteer badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic; metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7.5 cm; 2 15/16 in