This is a very rare & attractive button from the 1965  Presidential Inauguration of 

President  Lyndon  Johnson 

&

Vice  President  Hubert  Humphrey.

Johnson's "Great Society"  was a set of domestic programs suggested or enacted in the United States on the initiative of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Two main goals of the Great Society social reforms were the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. New major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, urban problems, and transportation were launched 

during this period. "The Great Society"  in scope and sweep resembled the New Deal domestic agenda of Franklin D. Roosevelt,  but differed sharply in types of programs enacted.

Some Great Society proposals were stalled initiatives from John F. Kennedy's New Frontier.    Johnson's success depended on his skills of persuasion, coupled with the Democratic landslide in the 1964 election  that brought in many new liberals to Congress. Anti-war Democrats complained that spending on the Vietnam War choked off the Great Society. While some of the programs have been eliminated or had their funding reduced, many of them, including Medicare, Medicaid, the Older Americans Act and federal education funding, continue to the present. The Great Society's programs expanded under the administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford.

This 1 1/4th inch cello has a white and blue background with a red, white and blue background.

Near the top of the button are pictures of both

Johnson & Humphrey .

On the button in red, white & blue lettering it reads:

  "Lyndon B. Johnson - Hubert H. Humphrey

INAUGURATION DAY

Washington, D.C.  *  January 20th, 1965

  THE GREAT SOCIETY" .

This very attractive button is in  mint   condition.

Member #15734 * American Political Items Collectors

 

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