Dr. Ray Sun will give talk on walls

“Remembering through Walls and Names” by Dr. Ray Sun, WSU history professor, will be featured at Colfax Methodist Church next Thursday, May 31, at 12:15 p.m. This free program is sponsored by Whitman County Library in partnership with Colfax Rotary. Anyone wishing to order a $12 lunch for the event can contact the library at 397-4366 by May 29.

His presentation focuses upon the Vietnam Memorial and the impact it has had in shaping subsequent memorials. Many now adopt the “wall of names” concept, including the 9/11 memorial and a major planned Holocaust memorial in Amsterdam. Dr. Sun explores t...