EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. - As speakers deliver their messages at the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, Paul Bengston’s eyes are drawn elsewhere on his TV screen. “That’s all I’m looking at,” ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) – Donald trump is the 45th man in American history to assume the highest office in the land and it took a contentious political race to get there. But as history shows, this is ...

Ever heard of Charlene Mitchell, Nora Morome, Patrick Paulsen or Pigasus J. Pig? Neither had I until the other day when looking through a collection of old political campaign buttons. But there they ...

Ann Tucker has been collecting buttons for more than 60 years. Recently, she has focused her attention on finding buttons that represent Shakespearean phrases or Bible verses. "When I was 10, I told ...

UPPER MERION >> The name Alton B. Parker is probably unknown to most of the voters who will cast their ballots for president Nov. 8, but in 1904, he was as famous as either Hillary Clinton or Donald ...

Alan Rosenzweig started collecting buttons 50 years ago when he was just 12 years old as a competition with his friend Bobby. Bobby got out to the early lead with 70 buttons to Rosenzweig’s 50, but ...

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) - The name Alton B. Parker is probably unknown to most of the voters who will cast their ballots for president Nov. 8, but in 1904, he was as famous as either Hillary Clinton ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – As we celebrate opening day of Riverfest in Wichita, two sisters are working to continue their late grandpa’s legacy by completing his Riverfest button collection. The buttons ...

Plenty of treasures are discovered in the attics of old homes in the Columbia neighborhood. For the descendants of Nellie Eastwood, it is an impressive button collection. Eastwood’s relatives recently ...

I’ll bet at first glance of the title of this month’s column some of you are thinking about buttons and bows as in useful items for garment making and adornment. Perhaps others are thinking of the ...