She found the pin-back button sitting in the bottom of her grandmother’s jewelry box. She almost pricked herself as she fished it out.
It had been brightly painted, once. But he red white and blue front was faded and scratched. The blue ‘VOTE’ was still clear, but the name underneath it had worn away.
She handed it to her grandmother. “Why do you keep this crusty old thing with all your nice jewelry?”
The old woman looked at it, her eyes getting misty. “It’s from the first time I voted. I keep it to remember all the years I couldn’t.”

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