Button
Location where collected:Bridgeport, Vermont, United States
Medium: copper
Classification: Costume
Credit Line: Transferred from Bailey Library, Wilbur Collection
Object number: 1964.29
DescriptionA copper button believed to have come from the uniform of a soldier in George Washington's bodyguard in the Continental Army. It bears the initials GW surrounded by "Long live the President" and the initials of the thirteen original states.
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