"Remember Pearl Harbor" Lapel Pin
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Cast metal featuring an eagle with spread wings. A pierced oval with "Remember" in red above a pearl and "Harbor" in blue below.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: After the December 7, 1941, bombing of the military base at Pearl Harbor, Americans rallied around the war effort with the patriotic cry, "Remember Pearl Harbor." Thousands of buttons or lapel pins were distributed to remind Americans of the tragic event and to solidify the war efforts.
topic: label: related event
content: Pearl Harbor, Attack on
label: related event
content: World War II
label: related event
content: The Great Depression and World War II
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.82244M
label: catalog number
content: 82244M
label: accession number
content: 1977.0876
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pin, sweetheart
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: enamel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 2 in x 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x 5.08 cm x .635 cm