/internal/media/dispatcher/47458/fullInauguration Day 1993 for President Bill Clinton01/20/19934 in. (10.2 cm)MetalThe Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza Collection2015.072.00010One metal pin made for 1993 Inauguration Day for Bill Clinton as President of the United States.
This pin has a blue background with red text and 8 color portraits, with respective names, in the center. At the very center is Bill Clinton, with the text below reading, "Bill Clinton / 42nd President." The portraits around him are of Presidents Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. The text inside a gold banner at the top reads: "In the Great Democratic Tradition." The text along the bottom reads: "Inauguration Day - Jan. 20, 1993."
The pin has a metal backing with a clasp pin. Along the bottom edge reads: "N. G. Slater Corp. NYC (212)924-3133." A union logo is beside this.Artifacts663380E-100E-1046143Pin0E-10Metal pin made for the 1993 inauguration of Bill Clinton as President of the United States.
Appearing on a blue background are eight color portraits of past Democratic presidents. In the center is Bill Clinton, labeled "42nd President." Around him are portraits of Presidents Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. The text inside a gold banner at the top reads: "In the Great Democratic Tradition." The text along the bottom reads: "Inauguration Day - Jan. 20, 1993."
The pin has a metal backing with a clasp pin. Text along the bottom edge reads: "N. G. Slater Corp. NYC." next to a union logo.Presidential electionsInaugurationClinton, BillKennedy, John F.Jefferson, ThomasJackson, AndrewWilson, WoodrowTruman, Harry S.Roosevelt, Franklin DelanoJohnson, Lyndon B.Democratic PartyNew YorkPresident Lyndon Johnson recognized the power of the Kennedy legacy in the immediate aftermath of the assassination, and he used it to great political effect during the 1964 election. Virtually every Democratic presidential candidate since that time has included the image or the words of John F. Kennedy in their campaign materials, holding up the late president as a shining example of party leadership -- and also tapping into the unfulfilled hope and promise that Kennedy represents. Some candidates, including Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, have been specifically compared to John F. Kennedy in terms of their optimism and soaring rhetoric. - Stephen Fagin, Curator