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The Gay Liberation Front (GLF) was founded in 1970 in London. The GLF had the goal of equality for LGBTQ people in England. The first Pride Parade was held in 1972. The 1970's are widely considered to be a decade of sexual revolution in London. However, in the 1980's, there was a new wave of pushback against the gay rights movement due largely to the AIDS crisis. The focus of the gay rights movement in the 1980's became a call for solidarity among LGBTQ youth in response to the isolation many experienced from friends and family after coming out due to the association with illness. The GLF pushed for LGBTQ youth to take pride in their identities and rely on the gay and lesbian community for support. By the 1990's, the LGBTQ community had made a comeback and one London newspaper, Capital Gay, wrote, "The visibility of our community has rarely, if ever, been greater."

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The Brandywine Springs Amusement Park was extremely successful from 1900-1916 partly as a result of the Wilmington and Western Railroad having a line running directly to the property. People could also access the park via the People's Railway which was a trolley line that ran from downtown Wilmington, Delaware. There was no entrance fee and guests could either sit and enjoy a picnic or partake in the entertainment provided. Amenities were available for a fee and included a roller coaster, a dance hall, several theaters, a carousal and a boardwalk. In addition there was a full service restaurant and several smaller food vendors. The increased availability of the automobile led to the park's demise. The entrance archway to the Brandywine Springs Amusement Park was built in 1901. It was made completely out of wood and was covered with over 100 electric light bulbs. An inscription "Let all who enter here leave care behind" reminded those who were entering the park that it was a place of relaxation and enjoyment.

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The term bum has multiple meanings that could all be referenced with this phrase, You've been stuck by a bum button. The word bum can refer to something borrowed meaning this could be passed around between friends as a gag. Bum could also refer to something that is not working properly or defective, meaning this is a bad button that might be passed around as a gag when someone was expecting a nice prize. The word could also refer to the buttocks meaning that the intention was to stab or place this button onto the derriere, likely as a gag.

Creative House Productions Inc. originated in 1964 and was a design and manufacturing company based in Chicago, Illinois. It was responsible for the creation of many promotional comic pins found in gumball machines and Cracker Jack boxes. Creative House eventually created the brand PinMart, which became the first website to sell lapel pins. PinMart eventually outgrew its parent company and bought Creative House in 2008.

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Badge Man International, based in Southern California, operated from 1979-1991 and specialized in custom entertainment and identification items like buttons, badges, trophies.

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America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction was written by Comedy Central's The Daily Show host Jon Stewart along with that show's writing staff. Published by Grand Central Publishing in 2004, the book mimics the style and format of a grade school textbook and satirizes many aspects of American history, politics, and culture, in particular the 2004 U.S. presidential election. The book features a forward by "Thomas Jefferson," various arts and crafts activities, as well as chapters entitled "The President: The King of Democracy," "Congress: Quagmire of Freedom," and "The Media: Democracy's Valiant Vulgarians."

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Republican presidential candidate Wendell Willkie ran against Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940. His campaign produced millions of buttons in response to items in the news about Roosevelt in an attempt to gain name recognition. 

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The Button was a bar located in Fort Lauderdale, located on Las Olas and A!A.  The owner, Greg Newell, was also known as "The Father of Spring Break."  The bar was open from the 1960s to 1980s.  Newell promoted the bar by hosting events such as wet T-shirt contests and beer bashes.  Newell passed away in 2003.