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The Canadian Forces consist of the military branches Army, Navy, and Air Force protecting Canada. Canadian citizens can join the forces full-time or part-time. Canadian Forces has education and social service programs that support its members in personal and career development. The Forces established a stronger international presence in 1947 and have since participated in over 200 operations.

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The Business and Professional Women's Foundation has a history dating back to 1919 when the U.S. government decided to establish a Woman's War Council, which was responsible for organizing the resources of working women. The foundation advocates for causes that impact professional women such as legislative efforts to protect women in the workplace, ending discrimination based on sex and marital status, and equal pay for equal work. Other issues the foundation continues to support are programs for women veterans, healthcare reform, tort reform, the "glass ceiling," and raising the minimum wage.

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The Battle Ground Rose Float was first designed in 1955 by the Battle Ground High School marching band for Portland, Oregon’s Grand Floral Parade, which is held every year in June. Local residents who were part of the Battle Ground Rose Float boosters would encourage people to donate time and funds to the creation of the float each year. 

The Battle Ground Rose Float is constructed and designed by volunteers. Every year, a different theme is used. In 1957, the theme was “Red Sails in the Sunset,” and the first-place float was “Cities Outside of Oregon under 5000”. After the Grand Floral Parade is over, the Rose Float is used in the Harvest Days Parade in July in Battle Ground before being broken down. Once the float is deconstructed, its parts are moved to the Battle Ground Rose Float Museum. 

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The area known as Chicagoland consists of the city of Chicago and its surrounding area. The term was coined by Col. Robert McCormick, who was the editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune in the early twentieth century. It initially referred to the city and the areas around it where its grain, timber, and livestock grew. It now references the six northeast counties of Illinois, a piece of land that stretches from Indiana to Wisconsin.

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The area known as Chicagoland consists of the city of Chicago and its surrounding area. The term was coined by Col. Robert McCormick, who was the editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune in the early twentieth century. It initially referred to the city and the areas around it where its grain, timber, and livestock grew. It now references the six northeast counties of Illinois, a piece of land that stretches from Indiana to Wisconsin.

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Depicting a half-finished hard liquor beverage, this button is most likely the result of the “responsible drinking” mindset that spread after Anheuser-Busch initially launched its famous “Know When to Say When” campaign in the early 1980s. Amidst pressure from anti-drinking organizations, the well-known brewer launched the advertisement campaign to promote the idea of responsible drinking among its consumers. As the first of its kind to have campaign-oriented commercials on network television, the spots included sports celebrities, as well as the now-iconic bull-terrier, "Spud McKenzie" -- further propelling the popular slogan's use on t-shirts, buttons, and posters and eventually making the phrase a general attitude regarding responsible choices and social binge drinking. The following link is a commercial for the "Know When to Say When" campaign which originally aired in 1985 and starred famous football quarterback, Dan Marino: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ouUXFlxpi8

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Starting in the 1940s and 1950s, medical studies began to reveal a connection between smoking and lung cancer. Under pressure to investigate the health risks of smoking, the United States government released multiple reports corroborating these findings in the 1960s. In 1965, the Federal Trade Commission required that all cigarette packages be marked with health warnings. Early anti-smoking campaigns were led by nonprofit organizations such as the American Cancer Society and the American Lung Association. 

By the 1970s, anti-smoking groups and campaigns proliferated, but there was still significant pushback from tobacco companies touting a lack of evidence that smoking was a health hazard. It was not until the 1990s that anti-smoking groups began to take center stage, reaching millions of people through powerful advertisements which both mocked big tobacco marketing schemes and highlighted the dangers of smoking. 

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“Dope” is slang for drugs, and it also means that someone who is not intelligent. In this context, "only dopes do drugs" means that only people who are not smart do drugs. This stems from the 1980s “Just Say No” campaign. Cocaine, or in variant form “crack”, coming to the market led to an increase in addiction in America. The Reagan Administration began the campaign against drugs to help solve this problem. Nancy Reagan was the face of the campaign. She traveled all over the country to raise awareness and to reject drug use.

“Only Dopes Do Drugs” was one of the many slogans were created during this time. Other slogans and commercials included “drug users are losers,” “drug dealers are dorks,” and the well-known “this is your brain on drugs”.

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"Make love, not war," was a common phrase used in the early 1960s. The origin is unknown, but it was popularized by Diane Newell Meyer, Penelope Rosemont, and Franklin Rosemont. Meyer pinned the motto to her sweatshirt during a student protest at the University of Oregon. This protest was one of the many counterculture movements that opposed the Vietnam War. Penelope, Franklin, and Tor Faegre designed and created buttons with the same motto to sell at their bookshop in Chicago in the early 60s. 

“Make love” usually was connected to the social movement of free love. That the state should not interfere with things like marriage and birth control.