57 Reasons To Live in West Michigan

Ford Museum
To the rest of the world, he’s America’s 38th President. To Grand Rapids, he’s our Favorite Son. Ford represented West Michigan in Congress 13 times before joining the presidential ticket with Richard Nixon. When he died in December 2006, the entire community mourned, lining city streets to salute his flag-draped coffin on its way to the burial service at Grace Episcopal Church in East Grand Rapids. One of Ford’s last public appearances in Grand Rapids was July 30, 2003, when 10,000 people turned out for his 90th birthday party on the lawn of the Gerald R. Ford Museum. He is buried next to his museum on the banks of the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids.

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