Profile: Lapel Pins – 1989 US Figure Skating Championships, Baltimore, Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, is among a long list of U.S. cities with a "one and done" record for hosting the United States Figure Skating Championships. And since the city consistently ranks high on the list for violent crime in the U.S., maybe it's a good… Continue reading 1989 US Figure Skating Championships Pins: One and Done.
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1988 US Figure Skating Championships Pins: With Little Distinction.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1988 US Figure Skating Championships, Denver, Colorado "The official logo pin from the Championships was quite a disappointment to many people. In this important Olympic year, an outstanding design and product was expected. Instead, a small epoxy domed pin with little distinction was issued. The most popular pin of the event… Continue reading 1988 US Figure Skating Championships Pins: With Little Distinction.
1987 US Figure Skating Championships Pin: Of Architecture and Foundation.
Profile: Lapel Pin – 1987 US Figure Skating Championships, Tacoma, Washington Reviewing the history of lapel pins issued for United States national championships through 1990, there is only one to emerge that blends the shape of the venue with elements of figure skating. It's an unusual approach, to be sure, to feature the venue as… Continue reading 1987 US Figure Skating Championships Pin: Of Architecture and Foundation.
1986 U.S. Figure Skating Championships Pins: Lost On Long Island.
Profile: Lapel Pins – 1986 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Uniondale, New York When you fly into JFK in New York and take a taxi to Uniondale, on Long Island, but your taxi driver gets lost (twice!) on the way—or maybe just pretends to be lost in order to run up the meter on an unsuspecting… Continue reading 1986 U.S. Figure Skating Championships Pins: Lost On Long Island.
Into the Record Books. 1958.
When the 1958 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in late March of that year, weather history shows that the temperatures were in the 30°F to 35°F range. Although that’s likely nowhere near a record temperature of any kind for Minneapolis, the 1958 Championships still entered the record books as the first national championship to be commemorated with a collectible lapel pin. And a handsome and well-made figure skating pin it is.