One of the lifelong pleasures I have had is collecting presidential memerobilia, particularly presidential campaign buttons. The modern-day practice of which we are very familiar didn't begin until the 1896 campaign between William McKinley & William Jennings Bryan.
I do presentations to groups (especially seniors groups) sharing my 45 years of collecting presidential campaign buttons. My collection stretches from 1896 William Jennings Bryan pins all the way through Barak Obama and John McCain.
If you would like to know more about collecting political buttons and memerobelia, check out either my article or the following sites: