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Every summer Chicago hosts an enormous annual food festival, The Taste of Chicago, downtown in Grant Park. Visitors enjoy a vast array of food paired with music and family activities. The Taste started July 4th, 1980 and was a huge success its first year with 250,000 people attending. In 2017, this number rose to over one million.

Budweiser has long been a part of Taste of Chicago. In recent years, festival goers have visited the Bud Light Stage which showcases new and well-established performers each day of the festival.

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The Club of Champs was part of the Hawthorn-Mellody Farms & Amusement Park in Libertyville, Illinois. Dedicated as part of the farm in 1952, the Club of Champs building attracted visitors by displaying contemporary sports memorabilia. It was additionally advertised with the sale of beanie hats that included spots to attach Chicago White Sox player pins that Hawthorn-Mellody manufactured. The company also created a Club of Champs membership program that came with this button. In order to join, one had to send in two lift tabs or carton tops from Hawthorn-Mellody milk cartons. Along with the button, members received a personal letter, certificate, and membership card. 

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On January 17, 1991, an international coalition led by the United States launched a military strike against Iraq in an effort to end the countries occupation of Kuwait, which it had invaded in August of 1990. The offensive, which was codenamed as Operation Desert Storm persisted for five weeks. By late February, thousands of U.S. and allied troops advanced into Iraq and Kuwait from Saudi Arabia, where they had been stationed since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait. The Iraqi military faced devastating losses to their infrastructure and power as a result of the coalition against them. On February 28, Iraq ended the conflict by accepting a cease-fire. Though the U.S. and its allies emerged victoriously, the operation was still controversial and caused for many in the United States to question just how big of a role the country should have in Middle East affairs.​​​​

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Mobilization for Survival was a national organization that was dedicated to fighting for peace and social justice. Founded in 1977, they sought to abolish nuclear weapons, stop the arms race, and stop military intervention. They supported smaller grassroots and community based organizations by providing resources and education until their dissolution in 1992.

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The phrase "Support our troops" and the yellow ribbon campaign are used in the United States to honor the military. The yellow ribbon references back to the time of the Iranian hostage crisis in 1979 when Americans tied yellow ribbons on trees in their yards to show respect for American troops fighting in the war with Iran and for the hostages. The yellow ribbon on the button surrounds the United Sates flag as a show of patriotism and pride for the country and its troops. 

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The slogan “Desert Storm for Peace” is sarcastic but prescient. In the 1991 Gulf War, the U.S. led the air campaign, dubbed Operation Desert Storm, to destroy Iraq’s air defenses and attack crucial infrastructure. The U.S.-NATO coalition retook Kuwait from Saddam Hussein’s forces. Iraq was forced to recognize Kuwait’s sovereignty and get rid of all weapons of mass destruction, or face economic sanctions. Thousands of Iraqi soldiers died in the conflict, though the exact number is unclear, and unrest persisted in the aftermath of the conflict. Saddam Hussein repeatedly failed to comply with U.N. inspectors. In 2003, U.S. President George W. Bush presented Hussein with an ultimatum: step down and leave Iraq, or go to war. Hussein refused the terms, and the U.S. and its allies began the Iraq War.

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Independent Charitable organizations, such as the Community Fund, were popular donation sites for community members after the 1929 stock market crash. The stock marked crash launched the U.S into the Great Depression, an event that relied heavily on private charities that relied on funding from the federal government, whose unavailable funding caused the economy to fail. Community Funds are independent charitable organizations with broad missions that support the development of the community they serve. Communities supported and trusted in broader, community-wide charities as opposed to larger, private charities.

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A flag with a yellow ribbon is an emblem supporting military troops sometimes meaning, “bring our troops home.” This symbol is most prevalent to the public’s response to Operation Desert Storm in Iraq. Desert Storm was the combat period of the Gulf War that began as a reaction to Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait on August 2, 1990. After months of diplomacy, Desert Storm was initiated on January 17, 1991, to expel Iraqi forces from Kuwait with more than 900,000 troops from 24 countries. Within 100 hours of the operation’s start, there was a cease fire and the majority of troops left Iraq under Saddam Hussein’s leadership.

Desert Storm was the first war after the Vietnam conflict and the public actively showed their support with the display of yellow ribbons on trees or partnered with the colors of the U.S. flag. Unlike previous wartime symbols, the yellow ribbon often represented a family unit or business rather than a single person, and were far more decorative than other representations: they were carefully crafted to be beautiful while retaining their political meaning.

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Fox DeLuxe Beer was brewed by the Peter Fox Brewing Company in Chicago. Peter Fox was the son of Harold Fox, one of the nine brothers who owned the brewery. The brewery began operation in 1933 and became a well-known brand in Chicago. In the 1940s, the Fox brothers increased their production capacity after buying out some of their competitors and acquiring more properties outside of Chicago. In 1944, the brewing company was ranked number thirteen out of twenty five leading breweries in the United States. The brewery ceased operation in 1951 but Fox DeLuxe Beer is still a prominent name among beer enthusiasts.

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The bald eagle became the national bird of the United States in 1782. It has appeared on official documents, U.S. coins and dollar bills, military insignias, and government buildings. The symbolism represents strength, courage, and freedom. This graphic combines the eagle with patriotic red, white, and blue imagery of the stars and stripes of the American flag. Originally, the turkey was suggested as a national bird; however, the founding fathers felt the eagle showed more strength. Also, the bald eagle is indigenous to North America. Currently, their population has dwindled; they are protected under the National Emblem Act of 1940.