The Ship of the State

The Ship of the State Cause Button Museum
Category
Cause
Additional Images
The Ship of the State button back Cause Button Museum
Sub Categories
Illustrations
Text on Button THE SHIP OF STATE AWAITS ITS FATE
Image Description

Illustration of a black and white ship in blue water with figures of people in it and red text along the top outer edge on a white background
Curl Text DONNELLY/COLT BUTTONS BOX 188 HAMPTON CT 06247 GRAPHIC: FLY PRESS, U.K.
Back Style
Brass locking pin
The Shape
Circle
The Size
1 1/2 inch
The Manufacturer
Donnelly Colt
Additional Information

"Ship of State" was originally used in an 1850 poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, praising the strength and flexibility of the American government. The phrase was later used by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a note to Winston Churchill in 1941. The phrase today has a similar meaning, and has sometimes been used to question or praise the stability of governments. 
Catalog ID CA0249