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Dublin Core
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Title
Veterans Legacy Program Collection
Alternative Title
VLP Collection
Subject
Veterans--Florida
Description
In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s <a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a>. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
Is Part Of
Veterans Legacy Program Collection, RICHES Program
Type
Collection
Digital Collection
<div class="element-text"><a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES MI</a></div>
<div class="element-text"><a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a></div>
Dublin Core
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Title
Wesley Zimmerman Wounded
Alternative Title
Sergt. Wesley Zimmerman Wounded
Subject
Veterans--Florida
World War, 1914-1918
Description
A newspaper article published in <em>The St. Louis Post-Dispatch</em> on October 22, 1918. The article reports that Wesley John Zimmerman (1893-1990) was wounded on the first day of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive on September 26, 1918. He was attached to the 138th Infantry Division, which suffered heavy casualties that day.<br /><br />
Born on August 20, 1893, in St. Louis, Missouri, Zimmerman joined the United States Army in 1917. Originally an infantry cook, he was later transferred to the front as a machine gunner with the 140th Infantry Division. After his service, Zimmerman returned to St. Louis and married Agnes Maines. He would stay in St. Louis for the remainder of his working life. He retired to Florida during the 1960s, where he spent the rest of his life. Zimmerman died on July 27, 1981, and was buried at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.<br /><br />
In 2017, the University of Central Florida was one of three universities selected to launch the National Cemetery Administration’s <a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a>. The program engaged a team of scholars to make the life stories of veterans buried in the Florida National Cemetery available to the public. The project engages UCF students in research and writing and fosters collaboration between students, faculty and local Central Florida schools to produce interactive curriculum for k-12 students. The corresponding website exhibit uses RICHES Mosaic Interface to create a digital archive of related data. The public can use the project-developed augmented-reality app at more than 100 gravesites at the Florida National Cemetery, where they can access the UCF student-authored biographies of veterans.
Type
Text
Source
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: "Wesley Zimmerman Wounded." <em>St. Louis Post Dispatch</em>, October 22, 1918.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/collections/show/210" target="_blank">Veterans Legacy Program Collection</a>
Coverage
St. Louis, Missouri
Creator
<em><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/" target="_blank">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a></em>
Publisher
<em><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/" target="_blank">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a></em>
Date Created
1918-10-22
Format
image/jpg
Extent
709 KB
Medium
1 newspaper article
Language
eng
Mediator
History Teacher
Provenance
Originally created and published by the <em><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/" target="_blank">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a></em>.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by the <em><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/" target="_blank">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a></em> and is provided here by <a href="https://riches.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Curator
Connolly, Lehman
Cravero, Geoffrey
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/">RICHES MI</a>
<a href="https://vlp.cah.ucf.edu/">Veterans Legacy Program Project</a>
<a href="https://www.ancestry.com/">Ancestry.com</a>
Source Repository
<em><a href="http://www.stltoday.com/" target="_blank">St. Louis Post-Dispatch</a></em>
External Reference
Abney, Barb. "<a href="https://today.ucf.edu/va-selects-ucf-historians-archive-stories-deceased-veterans/" target="_blank">VA Selects UCF Historians to Archive Stories of Deceased Veterans Veterans</a>." <em>UCF Today</em>, March 13, 2017. Accessed August 9, 2017. https://today.ucf.edu/va-selects-ucf-historians-archive-stories-deceased-veterans/.
Tuchman, Barbara W., and Robert K. Massie. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/881458391" target="_blank"><em>The Guns of August: The Outbreak of World War I</em></a>. 2014.
138th Infantry Division
Bushnell
Florida National Cemetery
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
military history
military service
national cemeteries, American
National Cemetery Administration
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
United States Army
veterans
Veterans Administration
Veterans Legacy Program
Wesley John Zimmerman
World War I
World War, 1914-1918
WWII