What’s a surefire way to identify Members of the House amid the swarm of faces on Capitol Hill? Look at their lapel. With each new Congress comes a new Congressional pin, and the pins are unique ...

The Gold Star Lapel Pin. The Gold Star Lapel Button was designed and created in 1947 for family members of those who died in combat. It is a gold star on a field of purple surrounded by laurel leaves.

Pins, on the other hand, can be left on at all times. (The sergeant-at-arms does tell lawmakers not to wear their pins around town when there’s a high risk of terrorist attacks.) ...

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama says he no longer wears an American flag lapel pin because it has become a substitute for “true patriotism” since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist ...

With a government shutdown looming in less than a week, the GOP-led House of Representatives started 2024 by checking off an essential item of business: buying new navy-blue identification lapel ...