Button
This round diaper pin badge is white and features an illustration of a farandole of white and blue fleur-de-lis with a yellow circle in the background. Below the illustration is blue text. On the back, a white rectangular sticker with handwritten inscriptions has been affixed.
- Accession Number 2022.12.63
- Materials metal, paper, plastic
- Measurements 5,3 cm
Historical context
This button symbolizes Quebec’s national holiday, commonly known as Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day, celebrated annually on June 24.
Pagan peoples have long celebrated the summer solstice at the end of June. To celebrate the light of the “longest” day of the year, a bonfire usually accompanies the event. The Church reworked this tradition in New France. A little later, Ludger Duvernay, publisher of the committed newspaper...
- Accession Number 2022.12.63
- Materials metal, paper, plastic
- Measurements 5,3 cm
© Pointe-à-Callière Collection, donation by Simon Turmel, 2022.012.063
Photo by Victor Diaz Lamich
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