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Ironic.. Thanks to her... he is free to protest..... N/T

Posted by Paul McMillan on Thu Dec 18, 2003 09:13:32 AM

In reply top Protester arrested for throwing paint at the Enola Gay posted by B Darnell on Thu Dec 18, 2003 09:02:32 AM

: PRESS RELEASE
: Date Released: Wednesday, December 17, 2003
: Source: Smithsonian Institution
:
: Statement on Arrest at Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center
:
: One man was arrested this morning at about 11:15 after thr
: owing a glass bottle with red paint at the B-29 Enola Gay,
: at the Smithsonian's new National Air and Space Museum fa
: cility in Chantilly, Va. The plane was dented by the bottl
: e which had been thrown from the walkway above the plane a
: nd shattered on the floor beneath the aircraft. There is n
: o paint on the plane itself.
:
: The unidentified man, arrested by the Metropolitan Washing
: ton Airport Authority Police, was believed to be part of a
: n organized protest about the Enola Gay on the opening day
: of the Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. Museum secur
: ity temporarily roped off the area closest to the plane wh
: ile the paint is being removed. Visitors can still view th
: e historic Enola Gay from several different vantage points
: . The museum remains open today until 5:30 p.m., and thous
: ands of visitors are in the building.
:
: The museum's staff had met with the protesters in advance
: and had been assured that their demonstration would not be
: disruptive. The protesters were asked to leave the museum
: by security officers after the incident occurred because
: they were causing a disruption and the artifact had been d
: amaged. According to museum Director Gen. J.R. "Jack" Dail
: ey, the museum's top priorities are the protection of its
: visitors and its artifacts.

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