Kennedy Cares for Kids button
name: label: referenced
content: Shriver, Eunice Kennedy
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Blue button printed in yellow, "Kennedy Cares for Kids." From its beginnings as Camp Shriver in Eunice Kennedy Shriver’s backyard, to the first international games in 1968, Special Olympics has been about giving people with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to participate in sport. Participation in sport builds confidence, provides emotional support and offers social opportunities for the athletes and their families. With state chapters and a global presence through its World Games, “Special Olympics is the largest sports organization for people with intellectual disabilities with 5 million athletes in 170 countries worldwide.”
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: web subject
content: Sports
label: name of sport
content: Special Olympics
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content: Culture and the Arts: Sport and Leisure
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Vicki L. Thorn
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0773.061
label: accession number
content: 1986.0773
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0773.061
objectType: label: Object Name
content: button
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: blue (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: aluminum (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in; x 4.445 cm