Set the Captives Free

Set the Captives Free Cause Button Museum
Category
Cause
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Sub Categories
Photographs
Text on Button SET THE CAPTIVES FREE Fr. Martin Jenco
Image Description

Black text and a black and white photograph on a white background
Back Style
Locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
2 1/4 inch
Year / Decade Made
1986
1980s
Additional Information

On January 8, 1985, Father Lawrence Martin Jenco, a Catholic Priest and Joliet, Illinois native, was taken hostage in Beirut, Lebanon by Islamic radical militants. Jenco had been in Lebanon overseeing Catholic Relief Services when five men subdued and kidnapped him. He was held in a variety of locations for 564 days until he was rescued on July 26, 1986. Jenco was released relatively unharmed after successful negotiating by the Reagan administration to convince the Islamic radicals to release him. 
Catalog ID CA0699