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Presentation
Commemoration and Poppies: Cambridge, and Other American Battle Monuments Commission Cemeteries’ Mission in Anniversary Years
Cambridge Conference on Business and Economics (2015)
  • Nina M. Ray, Boise State University
  • Andrew T. Mink
Abstract

This paper explains the strategic marketing and educational challenges of the American Battle Monuments Commission in this era of major commemorative anniversaries. As the conference is taking place in Cambridge, the Cambridge ABMC World War II site will be emphasized detailing such unique marketing aspects as it is the only ABMC which is a stop on site a hop-on-hop-off city tour. The field project with American history teachers at Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, a World War I site, will be presented to demonstrate implementation of the public policy of ABMC. Specific important symbols (e.g., poppies) and cultural concepts (such as memory and home) are discussed to highlight implementation of commemorative war anniversaries.

Publication Date
November 22, 2015
Citation Information
Nina M. Ray and Andrew T. Mink. "Commemoration and Poppies: Cambridge, and Other American Battle Monuments Commission Cemeteries’ Mission in Anniversary Years" Cambridge Conference on Business and Economics (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/nina_ray/31/