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HTML
<div id="container"></div>
<div style="display: none;">
<div id="myDiv_#">
<form id="myForm">
<input type="text" id="start_date" name="start_date" value="someJavascriptVariable" />
<input type="text" id="end_date" name="end_date" value="someJavascriptVariable" />
<select name="type" id="type">
<option value="1">"someJavascriptVariable"</option>
<option value="2">"someJavascriptVariable"</option>
</select>
<input type="button" id="new_button" value="Show">
</form>
</div>
</div>
<button id="button_push">Append</button>
JavaScript
$('#button_push').click(function() {
var $div = $("#myDiv_\\#").clone(true); // keep events'
$div.attr('id', '').addClass('clone'); // example of amending attributes
$("#container").append($div); // append
});