"First Strike You're Out!" pin
Object number2000.034.0002
Date1983
ClassificationsArtifacts
ObjectPin
Credit LineThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection
MediumMetal
DimensionsDiameter: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
DescriptionThis 1983 anti-nuclear arms race button is half red and half white with a depiction Uncle Sam swinging a bat at a nuclear bomb rendered in black, white, and red in the white half. The words "First Strike Your Out!" is written in white in the red half. The object is 1 3/4 inches in diameter.
Curatorial CommentaryThis Uncle Sam anti-nuclear arms race button was manufactured by Larry Fox and Co. in Valley Stream, New York, for the Nuclear Disarmament Protest at Thousand Islands Bridge (linking New York and Ontario) on July 24, 1983. At this protest, both Canadian and United States citizens came together to protest to proliferation of nuclear weapons as well as the recent harassment of peace activists at the Canadian-United States border. Larry Fox and Co. produced other buttons for this 1983 rally, including one that depicted a nuclear bomb with a red slash across it and the slogan: "Stop the Arms Race Now!" Known as the "Original Button Man," Larry Fox started his button and promotional items company in 1961. He produced numerous political and social activist buttons from the 1960s through the 1980s. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
1953 - 1964
circa 1965
Kennedy-Johnson Campaign
July 1960 - November 1960
