PORT ANGELES — The Federal Building in Port Angeles represents the country for which Marine Pvt. 1st Class Richard Anderson was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for heroism in World War II.
Now the 12,400-square-foot edifice is days away from being named after the Sequim High School graduate who died on a Pacific island in 1944 after he tucked a grenade to his stomach to save his comrades.
The brick government building at 138 W. First St. in Port Angeles will be renamed the Richard B. Anderson Federal Building at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Scheduled speakers at the hour-long dedication at the building will be Port Angeles Mayor Gary Braun and the North Olympic Peninsula’s congressman, Norm Dicks.
Master of ceremonies will be Robin Graf, the federal General Service Administration’s assistant regional administrator for public building service.
City Hall spokeswoman Teresa Pierce will sing the national anthem.
