{"id":754,"date":"2025-11-13T16:11:56","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T16:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/?p=754"},"modified":"2025-12-17T16:19:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T16:19:00","slug":"recap-the-history-of-welding-symbols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sections.aws.org\/tidewater\/2025\/11\/13\/recap-the-history-of-welding-symbols\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: The History of Welding Symbols"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"754\" class=\"elementor elementor-754\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5db4fdd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5db4fdd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-382de6c\" data-id=\"382de6c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc77b84 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bc77b84\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Date of Event:<\/strong> 11\/13\/2025<\/p><p><strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>Virginia Peninsula Community College in Hampton, VA<\/p><p><strong>Number of Attendees:<\/strong> 25<\/p><p><strong>Presenter\/Notable Guest(s):\u00a0<\/strong>J.P. 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