LMU Digital Veterans Legacy Project
The Loyola Marymount Digital Veterans Legacy Project is a grant funded project affiliated with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Cemetery Administration.
Developed by a multidisciplinary team of LMU scholars, its goal is to engage students in uplifting underrepresented veterans, in particular Buffalo Soldiers and Asian Americans, interred at the Los Angeles National Cemetery by creating digital media about their lives.
The resulting text-based and audio-visual stories were researched and written by LMU and high school students as part of the Digital Veterans Legacy Project at Loyola Marymount University.
Veteran-Specific Work
LMU students, working in a range of medium and academic fields, studied more than 120 veterans. To further honor them, the students produced digital content in formats including a flip book, an exhibit, and biographies uploaded to the Veterans Legacy Memorial website.
Affiliated LMU Coursework
Utilizing an interdisciplinary approach, multiple LMU courses have engaged with material related to the Digital Veterans Legacy Project. This includes professors and students in the fields of philosophy, psychology, and African American studies.
K-12 Youth Storytelling
The Digital Veterans Legacy Project set out to develop and implement a curriculum that engaged students and teachers in Los Angeles with the LANC and veterans interred there. Students from St. Bernard High School – located in Playa Del Rey and part of the LMU Family of Schools – visited the cemetery, engaged in historical research, and produced texts and videos.