Museum Collections
Luce Center
Button
Object name
Button
Date
1968
Medium
Metal, paper, plastic
Dimensions
diameter: 1 1/4 in. ( 3.2 cm )
Description
Circular political pin-back button; rust ad water damage; white background with blue lettering; FREE / DAN & PHIL!"
Credit Line
Gift of Toni Ellen Heisler
Object Number
2003.64.51
Gallery Label
Brothers Phil and Dan Berrigan, and seven others, held a dramatic protest against the Vietnam War. They invaded the selective service office in Catonsville, Maryland, pulled draft files out of their cabinets, piled them outside, and set them afire with homemade napalm. The protesters, immediately arrested, became known as the Catonsville Nine. They were convicted, and when their appeals were exhausted, Phil Berrigan and Dan Berrigan refused to give themselves up and went into hiding.
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