Creating the hopeful ticket of George W. Bush and Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Republican National Convention participants donned these buttons. Governor Jeb Bush did not run for Vice President with his brother in 2000 and the official running mate for George W. Bush for President was Dick Cheney for Vice President.

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The Coalition of Black Trade Unionists is a nonprofit organization for African American members of AFL-CIO affiliated trade unions. It was founded in September 1972, when 1200 black union officials and members from 37 national unions met at the LaSalle Hotel in Chicago Illinois to discuss their role and future in the labor movement. The CBTU was officially created at that meeting, and their first convention was held in Washington, D.C. in May 1973. Since then, the CBTU has advocated for several causes, including the rights of women workers, black leadership, and human rights issues. In 1982, the same year as the CBTU's 11th National Convention in Memphis, Tennessee, the Executive Council formed the National Women's Committee, which strives to empower female members of the CBTU to actively participate in improving their unions and their communities. 

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The Republican National Convention ran from July 31 - August 3, 2000. The RNC was held at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The convention nominated Texas Governor George W. Bush as their candidate for the November presidential election with his running mate, former Secretary of Defense, Dick Cheney. Bush ran on a platform of compassionate conservatism, education reform, and strong military. He was elected president later that year and served from 2001 to 2009.

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Former president Ronald Wilson Reagan and his family lived in Dixon, Illinois at the house shown here between the years of 1920-1924. In the early 1980s, the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home Preservation Foundation was founded to preserve the house as a historic site. It was restored to its 1920s appearance and opened to the public as a museum in 1984. Since that time, a visitor's center and statue of Reagan has been added to the property. 

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Archie Bunker was a character on the CBS sitcom All in the Family, which ran from 1971 to 1979. Portrayed by Carroll O'Connor, Archie was the blue-collar, curmudgeonly husband to Edith Bunker (Jean Stapleton) and father to Gloria (Sally Struthers). Known for his abrasive nature and often bigoted opinions, the character, along with Edith, was one of the most beloved of television and popular American culture in general in the 1970s.

In 1972, All in the Family and its cast of characters were promoted with merchandise as a tie-in with the U.S. presidential election of that year. 

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In 1988, comedy writer Gerald Gardner release the book, The Mocking of a President: A History of Campaign Humor From Ike to Ronnie. The book is the first in Gardner's series of works chronicling jokes made by, and about, political candidates, including President Richard Nixon. 

Gardner began publishing political humor in 1966 with the release of the first book in his Who's In Charge Here? series. These works added humorous captions to pictures of politicians. Besides his political books, Gardner is best known for writing the successful 1960s television comedies, Get Smart and The Monkees, along with his writing partner, Dee Caruso.

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In 1972, a spoof presidential campaign was launched featuring television character Archie Bunker from the show All in the Family, and its spin-off Archie Bunker's Place. A series of buttons, including the one shown here, was released by Tandem Productions and featured Archie and Edith Bunker as well as mock campaign slogans. 

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Archie Bunker is a fictional character who appeared in the 1970s American sitcom All in the Family as well as its spin-off Archie Bunker's Place. Portrayed by actor. Caroll O'Connor, the character of Archie Bunker is a World War II veteran, blue-collar, conservative, whose political and social bigotry were used as a source of comedy. Though Archie exhibited a gruff and mean demeanor throughout the shows run, the character also exhibited moments of decency and genuine love for his family, making the character popular with the audience. Seen as exhibiting the traits of the common man, a parody election campaign featuring Archie gained popularity during the 1972 election. T-shirts, bumper stickers, and buttons advocating Archie for President became a popular trend at the time.

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In January 1991, dual marches took place in Washington where protestors came together to voice their displeasure with the United States role in the Gulf War. The first protest was held on January 19 with an estimated 25,000 people in attendance while the second protest held on the 26t is estimated to have had 75,000 protesters . The numbers for the January 26 protest are debated, with some organizers believing the number to be closer to 225,000. The protest came days after the commencement of Operation Desert Storm. Serving as a response against Iraq's invasion and annexation of its neighbor, Kuwait, the United States, in coalition with 35 fellow nations launched a counter offensive against Iraq. The protests in Washington argued that war was not in the best interests of the United States and that rather, the conflict should end in a cease-fire as opposed to an all out war. The war on the ground continued until February 24, where Iraqi resistance nearing its collapse caused for President George H.W. Bush declaring a ceasefire, thus ending the Persian Gulf War.

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The Solidarity Day march took place on September 19, 1981, when nearly 250,000 people marched in Washington, D.C. The march primarily took place to protest then President Ronald Reagan firing 12,000 striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization. Nonprofit organizations such as Greenpeace and the NAACP participated to show support for organized laborers. This button would have been worn by a member of the Machinists Union who marched in support.