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Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Anti-Roosevelt Campaign Button, 1940
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
Image courtesy of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum.
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Anti-Roosevelt Campaign Button, 1940

Artifact IDMO 1975.137.15
Object Type Button, Campaign
Maker
Date1940
Mediumplastic (celluloid), paper, metal
Dimensionsoverall Diam 3 1/2 in (8.9 cm )
Physical DescriptionA round, oversized pinback slogan button. The white button has a blue border and blue lettering that reads: DRAFT / ROOSEVELT / AND / HE'LL DRAFT / YOU.
Historical NoteDuring the 1940 presidential campaign FDR’s critics charged that he would drag the nation into war if reelected. On September 6, 1940, in the midst of the campaign, Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act, which authorized the first peacetime military draft in American history. A facsimile of this button is on display in the PREPARING FOR WAR, HOPING FOR PEACE exhibit in the Museum’s WORLD WAR II gallery.

Additional Details
Credit LineGift of Robert Fratkin and Norman Loewenstern
National Archives Catalog CollectionFranklin D. Roosevelt Library Museum Collection (National Archives Identifier 735948)
National Archives Catalog SeriesCampaign Memorabilia (National Archives Identifier 778819)
Use Restriction StatusUnrestrictedCopyrightReproduction or other use of these holdings or images thereof is unrestricted.
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