DALLAS — A new exhibit will give the public its first glimpse of some of the artifacts in the archives of former President George W. Bush.
Artifacts on display in Dallas will include the bullhorn Bush used when he visited ground zero days after Sept. 11 and the pistol taken from Saddam Hussein when he was captured.
The free exhibit, “Breaking New Ground: Presenting the George W. Bush Presidential Center,” opens Saturday and runs through Feb. 6 at the Meadows Museum on the campus of Southern Methodist University, where the center will be built.
Ground will be broken next month on the center, which will include the presidential library and the George W. Bush Institute. The center is expected to be open by early 2013.
On the subject of the book and public appearances from GWB:
“I have zero desire, just so you know, to be in the limelight,” he said. “I don’t think it’s good for the country to have a former president criticize his successor. You’re not going to see me giving my opinions in the public arena, until I start selling my book. I’m going to emerge then submerge.”
“I’m going to emerge then submerge.”
I’m sorry, but I don’t even know what that’s supposed to mean, W.
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I am going to be in Dallas in Oct 2011. I am also a Charter member.
Will anything be open at that time? I understand building will not be completed till 2013, but will anything be open for viewing.
Thank you,
Colleen Benedict