Two Wars: The Road to Integration

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As the largest inland naval and military park in North America, the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park welcomes more than 70,000 visitors from 110 countries.  Their non-profit mission is to honor veterans, active military, and military families; educate about the history and values of service and sacrifice in defense of freedom; inspire a sense of patriotism and appreciation in protecting the right to liberty and justice for all; and preserve the military artifacts entrusted to our care. Abbey Mecca has collaborated on a number of marketing and development projects for the Buffalo Naval Park from fundraising campaigns to displays to a documentary film – TWO WARS: The Road to Integration.

TWO WARS: The Road to Integration is a 30-minute film that tackles the topic of segregation and eventual integration of the United States Military. Since the earliest days of the Republic, African Americans have been part of the nation’s fighting force. African American service members in the United States Military fought to defend the very freedoms they could not enjoy as citizens.

TWO WARS is told within the context of three time periods – the time from the Revolutionary War to World War II, World War II and Executive Order 9981, and post-World War II to modern-day. The Buffalo Naval Park commissioned Abbey Mecca, a Buffalo based creative and digital marketing firm to produce the documentary. Interviews with military historians, African American authors and historians, along with African American veterans from World War II and other wars, provide first-hand accounts of segregation and integration in the U.S. Military. The film has received multiple awards including Tellys, Daveys and Addys, and Best of Show at the 2024 Buffalo Ad Club Addys.

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