{"id":131808,"date":"0225-08-07T11:43:43","date_gmt":"0225-08-07T16:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808//?p=131808"},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:43:44","slug":"ucf-to-help-k-12-teachers-create-veteran-focused-classroom-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808//ucf-to-help-k-12-teachers-create-veteran-focused-classroom-projects/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808//","title":{"rendered":"UCF to Help K-12 Teachers Create Veteran-focused Classroom Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the UCF Veterans Legacy Program (VLP) began in 2017, Associate Professor of History Amelia Lyons has witnessed the program/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808/u2019s meaningful impact on students./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808/n

Established through the National Cemetery Administration (NCA), between 2017 and 2019, VLP harnessed UCF student research efforts to create biographies of veterans buried in national cemeteries in Florida. In piecing together veterans/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808/u2019 stories, students gained historical insight while honoring forgotten legacies./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808/n

/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808/u201cI brought someone back to life who had been forgotten in life and in death,/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808/u201d Lyons recalls a student who worked on the program saying./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/131808/n