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Forrest Gump was released as a two-disc Laserdisc set in the United States on April 28, 1995. Starring Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, and Sally Field, the film was originally released in the United States on July 6, 1994. It details the remarkable life of a seemingly dimwitted but good-hearted and brave man from the rural South who finds himself at the center of many of the major events of U.S. and world history of the 20th century. Meanwhile, his love interest, Jenny, continuously eludes him. It was a major blockbuster hit and garnered 6 Academy Awards in 1995 including Best Picture.

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This button was created to promote the Bloomington Jubilee Carnival, an event that took place at Bloomington, Illinois in 1901 to commemorate the rebuilding of the city after the catastrophic fire that occurred the previous year. The Jubilee took place from June 18 to June 22. The celebration included band concerts, electric fountains, parades and many circus-like midway acts, and was reported to have drawn a huge crowd.

The fire of June 19, 1900 destroyed 45 buildings over 4.5 blocks including the county court house and retail establishments in the city's central business district, resulted in loss of $2 million dollars, the equivalent of $50 million today. 

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"Willie Wolf" or "G.I. Wolf" was a character created by American cartoonist Lenny Sansone. The wolf soldier featured in a strip that satirized the animalistic instincts of WWII soldiers, especially when it came to women. It became a hit throughout America, Canada, and England. Willie Wolf became a popular subject of novelty artwork featuring on aircraft.

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"We are not alone" was one of the taglines for the 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg and starred Richard Dreyfuss.  The movie was based on the idea of unidentified flying objects being sighted by Dreyfuss' character, Roy Neary.  "We are not alone" refers to the possibility of other life forms in the universe.  

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The phrase "Watch the Skies" is in reference to Steven Spielberg's film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, which was released in 1977.  The original title for the film while it was still in production was Watch the Skies.  The film's main character, Roy Neary, who is played by Richard Dreyfuss, encounters an unidentified flying object, the image of which is seen here.  The film was unusual at the time of its release because it treated aliens was peaceful creatures, as opposed to their violent counterparts in horror movies of that same time period. 

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In 1980, Hallmark created a series of buttons dedicated to the Muppet characters.  Kermit the Frog is a Muppet character created in 1955 by Jim Henson.  Kermit the Frog starred in numerous television shows, including Sesame Street and The Muppet Show.  He was one of the original cast members of Sesame Street when it aired in 1969.  

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The Walking Dead was a 1995 film directed and written by Preston A. Whitmore II. The movie followed the lives of five Marines who were assigned to rescue a group of POWs during the Vietnam War. The film received poor reviews and only took in $6,000,000 at the box office.

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The Twilight Zone Movie, released in 1983, is an anthology science-fiction film produced by Steven Spielberg and John Landis  As a theatrical version of the 1959–64 TV series The Twilight Zone, created by Rod Serling, the film remakes three classic episodes of the original series (Kick the Can, Its a Good Life and Nightmare at 20,000 Feet).  It features one original story (Time Out).  

Before the movie’s release, however, it received notoriety for a stunt helicopter crash which resulted in the death of 3 actors - famed Vic Morrow and two child actors. High-profile legal proceedings followed but the crash was deemed accidental and no one was found criminally responsible.