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	"event_id": "1171675",
	"eventinstance_id": "4249981",
	"calendar": {
		"id": 6753,
		"title": "Summer B 2022",
		"slug": "summer-b-2022",
		"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/calendar/6753/summer-b-2022/"
	},
	"id": "4249981",
	"title": "Exploring Veterans\u0027 Stories Through Public History",
	"subtitle": null,
	"description": "\u003Cp\u003EJoin the UCF Veterans Legacy Program and UCF\u0027s Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society for an interactive Veterans History Month event highlighting innovative ways UCF students are preserving and sharing veterans\u0027 stories.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EHeld in the UCF Library Digital Exploration Center (DEC), this hands\u002Don experience will showcase digital and physical public history projects developed through the Veterans Legacy Program, a grant\u002Dfunded partnership with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Explore interactive maps of Cape Canaveral and Puerto Rico National Cemeteries, listen to oral histories recorded with veterans and their family members, and engage with educational tools created by UCF students.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EGuests will also have the opportunity to experience analog projects, including replica headstones produced in UCF\u0027s engineering labs that allow K\u002D12 students to explore cemetery history through classroom\u002Dbased learning activities.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003EMeet students from the Department of History and the Texts and Technology doctoral program, learn about their research and discover how public history can connect communities with the stories and legacies of those who served.\u003C/p\u003E\u000A\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EHosted by the UCF Veterans Legacy Program, UCF Libraries, the Department of History and Phi Alpha Theta.\u003C/em\u003E\u003C/p\u003E",
	"location": "John C. Hitt Library Digital Exploration Center: Room 425",
	"location_url": "https://library.ucf.edu/maps/john\u002Dc\u002Dhitt\u002D4th\u002Dfloor/",
	"virtual_url": null,
	"registration_link": null,
	"registration_info": null,
	"starts": "Tue, 17 Nov 2026 16:30:00 -0500",
	"ends": "Tue, 17 Nov 2026 17:30:00 -0500",
	"ongoing": "False",
	"category": "Tour/Open House/Information Session",
	"tags": ["John C Hitt Library","research","Veterans Month"],
	"contact_name": "Amelia Lyons",
	"contact_phone": null,
	"contact_email": "Amelia.Lyons@ucf.edu",
	"url": "https://events.ucf.edu/event/4249981/exploring-veterans-stories-through-public-history/"
}