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This button is against the buring of the American flag. In 1989, (Texas v. Johnson) and in 1990 (U.S v. Eichman), the United States Supreme Court ruled that due to the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, it is unconstitutional for a government to prohibit the desecration of a flag, due to the freedom of “symbolic speech.” In 1990, Congress tried to pass a federal law barring flag burning, but the Supreme Court denied it. A Flag Desecration Amendment to the U.S. Constitution has been proposed repeatedly since 1989, but in 2006 failed to pass. 

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MoveOn is a web-based organizing platform that uses the connective power of the Internet to allow people to become more involved in politics and the democratic process. MoveOn is most known for providing its members with a platform to  create campaigns and petitions for social change. MoveOn is divided into two distinct organizations: MoveOn Civic Action, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, and MoveOn Political Action, a federal political action committee (PAC). MoveOn Civic Action, which regularly recruits volunteers, supports left-leaning causes and organizes in support of liberal Democratic politicians.

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The Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) is the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops founded in 1970 to fulfill the mission of educating the masses on poverty and its causes.The United States Catholic Conference (USCC) was founded in 1966 as a secular arm of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), in order to fulfill the new requirements for national conferences of bishops. The USCC focused on the work in society at large, while the NCCB resolved to solve internal ecclesiastical concerns. The two organizations merged together to form the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) in 2002. 

"If you want peace, work for justice" was a quote made by Pope VI (1897-1978) in his message for the Celebration of the Day of Peace on January 1, 1972. 

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This button promotes a New York education program called Children First, which was announced by Mayor Bloomberg of New York City in 2003. Bloomberg wanted to reform the local public schools and increase student test scores. To achieve these goals, the education system was centralized under the Mayor's control and school districts were combined. The program trained principles to make decisions and then gave them more control to budget and hire for their schools since they were closer to the classroom and could see student needs better. They created smaller schools to reduce dropout rates by giving students more personal attention and allowing students some choice in which high school they attend. They allocated more per pupil funds to schools with special education students and English learners rather than allocating money based on the salaries of the teachers. The success of these reforms has been strongly debated since Bloomberg left office in 2013.

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This button was used in John Milan Ashbrook's campaign for Presidency in 1972. Ashbrook was running against the incumbent President Richard Nixon as an alternative conservative candidate. 

The button became a famous symbol among the conservatives, as it symbolized their frustration with Nixon, whom they saw as having abandoned conservative principles and "turned left" on foreign and domestic issues. During his first term, Nixon had resumed relationship with the People's Republic of China, pursued détente with the Soviet Union, and launched a series of liberal domestic policies such as canceling the convertibility of US dollars to the gold standard and endorsing Equal Rights Amendments; those policies had subsequently raised eyebrows from his fellow Republicans.

Although Ashbrook's campaign was unsuccessful, its messages had resonated with many conservatives, and thus paved ways for the ascent of Ronald Reagan in 1980. 

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The Spirit Sings: Artistic Traditions of Canada’s First Peoples was an exhibit held at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, Alberta as part of the Arts Festival of the 1988 Winter Olympics. The exhibit featured over 650 pieces of First Nations art and artifacts.The Spirit Sings faced controversy as the Lubicon Lake Cree called for a boycott of the exhibit in an attempt to draw attention to their unresolved land claim. The protest centred on the fact that the exhibit was sponsored in part by Shell Canada.

The logo seen on this button was derived from an image on an Ojibwa drum on display in the exhibit. The drum was on loan from the civic museum in Bergamo, Italy. 

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This button has an illustration of a bale of cotton. It most likely would have had a ribbon attached with more information. It could have been part of a fraternal badge, a souvenir or possibly from the 1895 Atlanta Cotton States Exposition. 

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Born in 1620, Marguerite Bourgeoys was the French founder of the Congregation of Notre Dame of Montreal. She lived in Fort Ville-Marie (now Montreal) in 1653, educating young girls, the poor, and natives until her death at age 79 in 1700. She also developed one of the first uncloistered religious communities in the Catholic Church. She was beatified (blessed) in 1950 by Pope Pius XII. Canonized on October 31, 1982 by Pope John Paul II, St. Marguerite became the first woman saint of the Canadian Church.

Catholic saints are holy people and human people who lived extraordinary lives. Each saint the Church honors responded to God's invitation to use his or her unique gifts.