UCF & NCA

The Veterans Legacy Program has received substantial national and local media attention.

Local & State News Coverage

Knights HistoryCast (November 4, 2024)

The 2024 UCF VLP Podcast Series

• 0. Prologue
• 1. “To Restore People’s Names”
• 2. “A Human Being to be Remembered”
• 3. “Still Paying That Sacrifice”
• 4. “Hey Buddy I’m Back”
• 5. “They Were Like Mini Versions of Us”

Veterans of Foreign Wars Russell Mitchell Post 609 - Alexandria – “Cemetery History Lesson”

Florida Frontiers (September 20, 2024) – “ 2024 UCF Veterans Legacy Program” (begins at 20:42)

Florida Frontiers (September 20, 2024) – “ Taking Students to Florida National Cemetery” (begins at 20:49)

Florida Frontiers (September 6, 2024) – “ Native Americans in St. Augustine National Cemetery” (begins at 20:52)

Florida Frontiers (July 5, 2024) – “Letters From Floridians at War”

UCFToday (July 1, 2024) – “UCF Preserves and Honors Veteran’s Legacies”

The Charge (April 15, 2024) – “UCF Celebrates the Arts remembers and honors Floridian Veterans”

Central Florida Public Radio (April 9, 2024) – “Veterans Legacy Program”

Channel 6 News (April 9, 2024) – “UCF Celebrates the Arts honors Florida’s WWII Veterans”

Florida Frontiers (February 2, 2024) – “UCF’s Veterans Legacy Program Institute ” (begins at 21:02)

Florida Frontiers (January 26, 2024) – “St. Augustine National Cemetery” (begins at 20:32)

Florida Frontiers (January 19, 2024) – “St. Francis Barracks” (begins at 22:12)

Artistry Magazine (November/December 2023) – “Soldier’s Stories: Two UCF Programs Ensure That Veterans of All Our Wars Can Continue to Teach Important Lessons to New Generations”

Spectrum News 13 (November 20, 2023) – “UCF students research veterans’ history and honor the legacies left behind”

UCF Alumni (November 15, 2023) – “The History of Army Combat Veteran Walt Napier ’15 ’16 ’20MA”

Spectrum News 13 (November 2, 2023) – “One program is taking veterans’ legacy a step further”

Knights HistoryCast (September 30, 2023)

The 2023 UCF VLP Podcast Series

• 0. Prologue
• 1. “A Very Historic Property”
• 2. “History versus Heritage”
• 3. “Even with the Younger Ones”
• 4. “To Bring This Person Back to Life”
• 5. “Now He’s My Guy”
• 6. “I Hope He’s Appreciating the Presence”
• 7. “That Felt So Personal”
• 8. “It Puts a Face to It”
• 9. “Given Me More than I Could’

UCFToday (November 1, 2022) – “UCF Celebrates Veterans Month with Campus-wide Events”

UCFToday (October 20, 2022) – “UCF to Help K-12 Teachers Create Veteran-focused Classroom Projects”

Orlando Sentinel (November 11, 2019) – “The Forgotten People of the Forgotten War”

Tampa Bay Times (May 27, 2019) – “The stories of World War I veterans buried at Bay Pines are being revealed”

I4 Business (May 15, 2019) – “Elementary School Students Join UCF Historians to Honor U.S. Veterans”

Stetson University Today (April 5, 2019) – “HONoring History”

Florida Frontiers (February 8, 2018) – “Veterans Legacy Program and Florida during World War I”

Daytona Beach News-Journal (December 26, 2018) – “Strangers no more: UCF tech project enlivens grave sites of long-dead veterans in St. Augustine”

UCF CAH News (December 7, 2018) – “Veterans Legacy Program launches into 2019”

Florida Frontiers (December 14, 2018) – “The Veterans Legacy Program in France”

Florida Frontiers (December 1, 2018) – “19th-Century Soldier: David Moniac”

Government Technology News (November 30, 2018) – “Augmented Reality Helps Pay Tribute to Deceased Veterans”

St. Augustine Record (November 30, 2018) – “Digital technology brings centuries-old gravestones to life at St. Augustine National Cemetery”

Action News Jax (November 30, 2018) – “Teaching Students History through the Lives of Local Veterans”

First Coast ABC News (November 29, 2018) – “UCF program brings spirits of WWI to life”

The Florida Times-Union (November 29, 2018) – “A century after WWI’s end, UCF researchers tell stories of soldiers who served”

News4Jax (November 29, 2018) – “Students, historians remember 100th anniversary of end of WWI: UCF hosts event at St. Augustine National Cemetery”

Florida Frontiers (November 16, 2018) – “The Veterans Legacy Program in St. Augustine”

UCF Department of History (October 25, 2018) – “ UCF Veterans Legacy Program Inspires Orlando Resident to Share Family History”

UCF Department of History (August 17, 2018) – “ Undergraduate pursues passion for history in Washington, D.C.”

UCFToday (August 9, 2018) – “ A Walk They’ll Never Forget”

Orlando Sentinel (August 2, 2018) – “Not forgotten anymore — UCF group documents lives of WWI soldiers who died in France”

Space Coast Daily (July 16, 2018) – “University of Central Florida Sets Record Research Funding for 2018 with $183 million”

UCF CAH News (July 2, 2018) – “UCF students, faculty document WWI history”

Orlando Sentinel (June 29, 2018) – “UCF students, faculty travel to France to document WWI history”

News 4 JAX (May 27, 2018) – “UCF documents veterans buried St. Augustine National Cemetery”

St. Augustine Record (May 17, 2018) – “Digital mapping brings veterans’ stories to life”

Florida Frontiers (November 3, 2017) – “The Veterans Legacy Program”

Oregon Department of Veterans Affairs (June 6, 2017) – “VA program connecting Americans with their history”

Orlando Sentinel (May 26, 2017) – “UCF students uncover veterans’ stories at Florida National Cemetery”

UCFToday (March 13, 2017) – “VA Selects UCF Historians to Archive Stories of Deceased Veterans”

UCF Department of History (March 9, 2017) – “VA Selects UCF Historians to Bring Deceased Veterans’ Stories to Life”

News 4 Jax (February 16, 2017) – “UCF to help pay tribute to service, sacrifice of veterans”

Local Television Coverage

Florida Frontiers (April 10, 2019) – “Florida in World War I”

UCF History Department (June 14, 2017) – “UCF History Department Presents: The Veterans Legacy Program”

Fox 35 Good Day Orlando at 7am (May 29,2017) – “Honoring Our Veterans: Soldier Cemetery Project”

National Coverage

Audacy (June 29, 2023) – “Grants will help fund stories of veterans interred in national cemeteries”

U.S.Department of Veterans Affairs (June 16, 2017) – “VA NCA Veterans Legacy Program Field Trip”

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (May 28, 2017) – “Veterans Legacy Program”