CONWAY — After months of planning, American Legion Post 46 in Conway will welcome the arrival today of the Wall That Heals, the memorial exhibit bearing the names of the more than 58,000 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.
The three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, along with a mobile education center about the history of the wall and of the Vietnam War, will be on display at the Ralph W. Shirley Conway American Legion Post on Tasker Hill Road in Conway Village from Thursday through Sunday.
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