Al Feldstein Views His Political Button Collection As a Depiction of First Amendment Freedoms
The Daily Record (Baltimore) › October 30, 2004
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Al Feldstein's obsession with buttons began in 1967.
The Cumberland native was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, when he came across Vietnam War protesters outside the Student Union building who were passing out anti-war sentiments -- along with buttons.See the full content of this document
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Al Feldstein Views His Political Button Collection As a Depiction of First Amendment Freedoms
They were colorful. They were graphic, Feldstein said. I sensed that they were historical in nature. And I wasn't really collecting them, per se. I just started accumulating them.
The couple of buttons he picked up that day and pinned to a leather arrow quiver became the start of a collection that has grown to roughly 15,000, and is the latest money-making venture for the 55- year-old Allegany County resident.National scopeFeldstein's but...See the full content of this document
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