Senator John McCain
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This dark blue NAVY cap helped define the image of Senator John McCain, the Naval hero and prisoner of war during the Vietnam War who ran as the Republican presidential candidate in 2008. After his death in 2018, his widow Cindy McCain donated the iconic cap to a 2021 charitable fundraising auction organized by journalist Jake Tapper to support Homes for our Troops. Founded in 2004, Homes for our Troops works to build homes adapted to the needs of severely-disabled veterans who had served in American conflicts since September 11, 2001.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Spurred by their respect for Senator McCain, three men who had worked for Democratic campaigns bid for and won the cap. They donated it to the Smithsonian to help preserve a symbol of a man who represented to them and many others “honor, compromise and sacrifice.”
label: Description (Brief)
content: McCain’s obituary can be found at this link: https://www.cnn.com/2018/08/25/politics/john-mccain-obituary
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Philanthropy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0005.1
label: accession number
content: 2022.0005
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0005.1
objectType: label: Object Name
content: hat
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: textile, metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 19 cm x 28 cm; 5 1/2 in x 7 15/32 in x 11 1/32 in