Small group protests president's visit to area
As demonstrators wait outside the Air Force museum, Democratic leaders also voice their concerns.
Friday, March 28, 2008
RIVERSIDE — Protesters hoping President George W. Bush's motorcade would pass their way prior to his speaking about the war on terror at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, never got a glimpse of the commander-in-chief.
About 30 demonstrators stood across the street from the museum on Huberville Road for several hours in the cold morning drizzle on Thursday, March 27.
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Demetria Lovelace, a Chaminade-Julienne High School student, attended the rally with her mom, Tywanda Henderson of Dayton.
"I don't know if I'm making history here, or if people will listen to a 15-year-old, but I still think it's important to try and make a difference," Demetria said.
Mary Kuehne, an Old North Dayton resident, said she can't imagine being a citizen of the United States and not being politically active given the climate in this country.
"Why wouldn't I be outside in the rain protesting? We have 4,000 American (troops) dead. We have many, many Iraqis dead. Our reputation, as a country, is ruined."
Down the road from the protest in the conference room of the Comfort Suites motel, local and state Democratic Party leaders held a news conference, also in response to the president's visit.
"Over the course of the last four years, the president has offered us dozens of different reasons why we're in Iraq," Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern said. "At the same time he's failed to provide anything in the way of solutions to build America at home."
