Anti-war protest set at Bush library groundbreaking at SMU

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By LORI STAHL / The Dallas Morning News
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Anti-war protesters are planning to converge around SMU next month, when formal groundbreaking ceremonies for the George W. Bush presidential library center are expected to draw up to 5,000 visitors to campus.

The Nov. 16 groundbreaking probably will get considerable national attention, because it comes exactly one week after Bush's memoir, Decision Points, is released.

The former president, who has made few public appearances since leaving the White House, is expected to break his self-imposed silence about his two terms in office when the book debuts.

A coalition of peace activists, some of whom have been meeting with local law enforcement officials in recent weeks, wants to share the spotlight.

"We as citizens must take it upon ourselves to make sure that truth is not buried by spin doctors," said Trish Major, communications director of the Dallas Peace Center. ...........(more)

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