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Throughout the years since its creation, the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Washington, D.C., often called simply the Wall, has become a national space for reflecting and remembering the people who fought and died in the Vietnam conflict, said Darrin Riley at the South Arkansas Arts Center.

He said the arts center will present the Arkansas premiere of the theatrical performance piece, “Touch The Names: Letters to the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial,” on Sept. 13, 15-16.

The Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial or “the Wall” was first conceived in 1979 by Jan C. Scruggs. Scruggs, a dec...