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81	"We will be prepared" : scouting and civil defense in the early Cold War, 1949-1963 Herczeg-Konecny, Jessica January 2013 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / During the early Cold War, 1949 through 1963, the federal government, through such agencies as the Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) (1950-1957), the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization (OCDM) (1958-1960), and the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) (1961-1963), regarded children and young adults as essential to American civil defense. Youth-oriented, voluntary organizations, including the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) and the Girl Scouts of the United States of America (GSUSA), assisted the federal civil defense programs by promoting civil defense messages and agendas. In this thesis, I will explore how the GSUSA and BSA translated federal civil defense policies for their Scouts. What were the civil defense messages transmitted to Scouts during the early Cold War? How were those messages disseminated? Why? What was the social impact of BSA and GSUSA involvement with civil defense on America’s evolving national ideals? Cold War Boy Scouts of America History of Childhood Civil Defense Cold War Cold War -- Public opinion Boy Scouts of America American girl Boys' life United States. Office of Civil Defense Baby boom generation -- United States
82	Kindling the Fires of Patriotism: The Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Indiana, 1866-1949 Sacco, Nicholas W. January 2014 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Following the end of the American Civil War in 1865, thousands of Union veterans joined the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), the largest Union veterans' fraternal organization in the United States. Upwards of 25,000 Hoosier veterans were members in the Department of Indiana by 1890, including President Benjamin Harrison and General Lew Wallace. This thesis argues that Indiana GAR members met in fraternity to share and construct memories of the Civil War that helped make sense of the past and the present. Indiana GAR members took it upon themselves after the war to act as gatekeepers of Civil War memory in the Hoosier state, publicly arguing that important values they acquired through armed conflict—obedience to authority, duty, selflessness, honor, and love of country—were losing relevance in an increasingly industrialized society that seemingly valued selfishness, materialism, and political radicalism. This thesis explores the creation of Civil War memories and GAR identity, the historical origins of Memorial Day in Indiana, and the Indiana GAR's struggle to incorporate ideals of "patriotic instruction" in public school history classrooms throughout the state. Civil War Memory Fraternal Organizations Grand Army of the Republic Indiana History Indianapolis 500 Patriotic Instruction Public Commemoration Public Education Public Memory Veterans -- Indiana -- Registers Patriotism -- Indiana -- History Wallace, Lew, 1827-1905 -- History Memory -- Social aspects -- Indiana Memory -- Political aspects -- Indiana Public schools -- Indiana -- History Memorial Day -- History Indianapolis Speedway Race -- History National characteristics, American Collective memory -- Indiana -- History Memory (Philosophy) History -- Methodology

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"We will be prepared" : scouting and civil defense in the early Cold War, 1949-1963

Kindling the Fires of Patriotism: The Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Indiana, 1866-1949