THE GERALD R FORD MEMORIAL MUSEUM Grand Rapids, Michigan
The Gerald R Ford Memorial Museum in Grand Rapids Michigan
Our grandson Works at the Museum and gave us a guided tour.
The New Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Curator Don Holloway gives a look inside the newly redesigned Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum | Grand Rapids, MI | Full Time Rving
We tour the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan as part of one of our last tourist stops before leaving Michigan.
Presidential Museum Gerald R Ford - REAL USA Ep. 68
United States President Gerald Ford came to the presidency under extraordinary circumstances not seen prior to nor since his presidency. In this episode we visit the Presidential Museum located in Grand Rapids, Michigan, which unlike most others is located separately from its associated Presidential Library. President Ford is the only US President to hold the office via the use of the twenty-fifth amendment to the Constitution and never elected by the Electoral College. He came to the Oval Office not only under extraordinary circumstance, but at a time of great turmoil in the United States.
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Topping Off Ceremony at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Today the Ford Presidential Museum was closed for the first day of an expected 8 or 9 month period of expansion and renovation. There was a topping off ceremony to place the final steel beam of the 8,000 square foot DeVos Learning Center addition. Steven Ford was master of the ceremony. He and his sister, Susan Ford Bales represented the Ford family. Doug DeVos gave a fine speech. Amway co-founder Rich DeVos pushed a button to set the beam and release confetti. Other speakers included Red Caveney, chairman of the Ford Presidential foundation and Dr. Jim Gardner from the National Archives.
Donald Trump visited Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum- slideshow.
Republican presidential competitor Donald Trump stops subsequent to putting blossoms at the grave of President Gerald R. Portage and Elizabeth Bloomer Ford amid a visit to the Gerald R. Portage Presidential Museum, Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Donald Trump is besting ArtPrize amid an offhand visit to Gerald R. Portage Presidential Museum.
School kids and other individuals seeing workmanship at the downtown historical center experienced the Republican chosen one for president and Secret Service staff amid the twelve hour Friday, Sept. 30. Trump landed at Gerald R. Passage International Airport to go to a private pledge drive before a planned open rally at 5 p.m. today in Novi.
Trump made an amazement visit to the historical center, a prevalent ArtPrize site, where he looked at the President Ford-period copy of the Oval Office and put blooms at the internment site for President Ford and Betty Ford.
Why everybody's here? Trump said subsequent to touching base at the historical center. Everyone's here.
Trump was pulled aside by an on location WZZM columnist, who attempted to teach Trump about ArtPrize and why such a large number of individuals were in and around the exhibition hall. The Ford Museum is a bustling ArtPrize venue facilitating a hefty portion of the 1,400, drawing schoolchildren, travelers and ArtPrize voters.
A few people assembled outside the exhibition hall joined a Trump serenade as the hopeful left the gallery and left the premises by means of motorcade.
Trump was joined by Rudy Giuliani, previous New York City leader.
Hannah Salem, a representative for the Trump crusade, declined to answer questions about Trump's confidentially stop at the historical center. An exhibition hall security protect said she didn't discover in regards to Trump's visit until around a hour prior to he arrived, however that her director educated of it Thursday night.
Subsequent to going by the gallery, Trump met with givers inside the J.W. Marriott inn downtown as Campau Avenue was closed off for a period. Amway fellow benefactor Rich DeVos and previous Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land were among the general population in participation. A few individuals from the DeVos family, which is a major giver to traditionalist causes and political hopefuls, have been reluctant to bolster Trump.
Trump later went by Kent County Republican Party central command in Grand Rapids to thank and rally battle supporters.
We win here (in Michigan), we're winning, Trump said. We'll be back a great deal.
On the Democratic side, a few surrogates for presidential competitor Hillary Clinton likewise made stops in Michigan this week or have arrangements to.
Chelsea Clinton was in a few zones of the state a week ago and will return Friday for an occasion in Traverse City. Anne Holton, previous Virginia Secretary of Education and spouse to Tim Kaine, crusaded for Hillary Clinton Tuesday and Wednesday.
On Saturday, previous Maryland senator and presidential applicant Martin O'Malley is making stops in West Bloomfield, Flint, East Lansing and Kalamazoo.
Michigan Republican Party administrator Ronna Romney McDaniel issued an announcement Friday recommending that Michigan is in play this cycle, and that while Trump continues coming back to the state, Democratic chosen one Hillary Clinton keeps on ducking Michigan voters by sending surrogates to represent her.
Ron Bieber, president of the Michigan AFL-CIO worker's party, likewise issued an announcement recommending that Trump is distant with the state's occupants: Donald Trump, go home. You are not welcome here and you are unfit and inadequate to be president of the United States.
The state funeral for Gerald R. Ford arrived in Grand Rapids, Michigan Tuesday. The marching band fr
HEADLINE: President Ford's final Michigan homecoming
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CAPTION: The state funeral for Gerald R. Ford arrived in Grand Rapids, Michigan Tuesday. The marching band from the University of Michigan greeted the White House jet carrying his casket, members of his family and others in the funeral party. (Jan. 2)
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Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum
There are so many reasons to love the greater Grand Rapids area. So I'm beginning a Live Where You Love video series. And where better to start off than the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum? Gerald Ford was our congressman for 25 years. He was nominated and confirmed as Vice President after the resignation of Spiro Agnew. He became President after the resignation of Richard Nixon. He is credited with healing the nation after the long nightmare of Watergate. Ford and his wife Betty are buried on the grounds of the museum located on the west bank of the Grand River in downtown Grand Rapids. #livewhereyouloveGR #lovegr
2015 Wreath Laying Ceremony at the tomb of President Gerald R. Ford
The ceremony is a tradition of the United States Presidency. It is conducted on the birthday of each deceased president. President Ford was born on July 14, 1913. President Obama sent a tribute wreath which was presented by Major General Gregory Vadnais.
After President Ford's death, Betty Ford wrote instructions about an additional ceremony to be held in conjunction with the Presidential Tradition. She wanted people involved who were special to to President Ford, military, Boy Scouts, and other individuals.
In addition to the Presidential wreath, there were wreaths from the Ford family, President Ford's Cabinet and White House Staff, and the Secret Service. Floral arrangements were also placed at Mrs. Ford's tomb.
Susan Ford Bales gave the opening remarks. The Gerald R. Ford Council of the Boy Scouts of America did the Presentation of the Colors. The National Anthem was sung by Officer Wally Tett of the Grand Rapids Police Department. The invocation was done by Grand Rapids Mayor George Heartwell. The Special Agent in Charge of the Secret Service, Jeff Frost, spoke about the 36 year relationship with the Ford family. Paul O'Neill, deputy director of OMB from 1974 to 1977, and later Secretary of the Treasury, spoke of Gerald Ford treating everyone with dignity and respect.
Also in the ceremony was a thirty-eight second silent tribute (President Ford was our 38th President), a three volley salute, and Echo Taps.
Grand Rapids Gerald Ford Montage
This is a montage from the week long event of President Fords Funeral. It is a part of a 4 hour dvd that can be purchased at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.
Gerald Ford Presidential Museum
The Gerald Ford Presidential Museum is in Grand Rapids, Michigan - the destination of this episode's Bill On The Road. See the current exhibits, which piece of the museum Ford treasured most and find out what his political opponents really thought of him. It may surprise you.
Betty Ford statue unveiled at Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
On what would have been President Ford’s 105th birthday , a statue of First Lady Betty Ford is unveiled at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Saturday, July 14, 2018. The statue, which pictures an inviting Mrs. Ford in a dance-like pose and extending an open hand toward the viewer, was sculpted by local artist J. Brett Grill. The unveiling ceremony, which was attended by Ford children Mike, Steve and Susan, took place shortly after the 2018 Wreath Laying Ceremony for President Ford. (Casey Sykes | MLive.com)
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A little video showcasing the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum - The Oval Office
An exact duplication of the Oval Office in the White House during Gerald R. Ford's presidency. Notice all the pipes?
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Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan
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Ford Museum reopens after gov't shutdown, snow
Thanks to the winter storm and polar vortex that socked Grand Rapids this week, the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum didn't get a chance to open back up after the partial federal government shutdown ended. (Feb. 1, 2019)
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Places to see in ( Grand Rapids - USA )
Places to see in ( Grand Rapids - USA )
Grand Rapids is a Michigan city on the Grand River, east of Lake Michigan. On the outskirts, the Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park has a tropical conservatory and multiple gardens. Its art collection includes works by Auguste Rodin, Henry Moore and Ai Weiwei. Downtown, the Grand Rapids Art Museum spotlights Michigan artists in its rotating shows. Grand Rapids is known for many breweries dotted around town.
A historic furniture-manufacturing center, Grand Rapids is home to five of the world's leading office furniture companies, and is nicknamed Furniture City. Its more common modern nickname of River City refers to the landmark river for which it was named. The city and surrounding communities are economically diverse, based in the health care, information technology, automotive, aviation, and consumer goods manufacturing industries, among others. Grand Rapids is the childhood home of U.S. President Gerald Ford, who is buried with his wife Betty on the grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in the city. The city's main airport is also named after him.
Grand Rapids is the home of John Ball Zoological Garden, Belknap Hill, and the Gerald R. Ford Museum. He and former First Lady Betty Ford were buried on the site. Significant buildings in the downtown include the DeVos Place Convention Center, Van Andel Arena, the Amway Grand Plaza Hotel, and the JW Marriott Hotel. The Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts is located downtown, and houses art exhibits, a movie theater, and the urban clay studio. Along the Grand River are reconstructed earthwork burial mounds, which were constructed by the prehistoric Hopewell tribe; a fish ladder, and a riverwalk.
Grand Rapids is home to the Van Andel Museum Center. Founded in 1854, it is among the oldest history museums in the United States. The museum's sites currently include its main building, constructed in 1994 on the west bank of the Grand River (home to the Roger B. Chaffee Planetarium); the Voigt House Victorian Museum, and the City Archives and Records Center. The latter held the museum and planetarium prior to 1994. Since the late 20th century, the museum has hosted notable exhibitions, including one on the Dead Sea Scrolls, and The Quest for Immortality: the Treasures of Ancient Egypt. A non-profit institution, it is owned and managed by the Public Museum of Grand Rapids Foundation.
Heritage Hill, a neighborhood directly east of downtown, is one of the largest urban historic districts in the country. The first neighborhood of Grand Rapids, its 1,300 homes date from 1848 and represent more than 60 architectural styles. Of particular significance is the Meyer May House, a Prairie-style home designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1908.[48] It was commissioned by local merchant Meyer May, who operated a men's clothing store (May's of Michigan).
The house is now owned and operated by Steelcase Corporation. Steelcase manufactured the furniture for the Johnson Wax Building in Racine, Wisconsin, which was also designed by Wright and is recognized as a landmark building. Because of those ties, Steelcase purchased and restored the property in the 1980s. The restoration has been heralded as one of the most accurate and complete of any Wright restoration. The home is used by Steelcase for special events and is open to the public for tours.
Grand Rapids is home to many theaters and stages, including the newly reconstructed Civic Theatre (also known as the Meijer Majestic), the city's largest theater; DeVos Hall, and the convertible Van Andel Arena. In Grand Rapids Township, the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park combine 125 acres (1 km2) of world-class botanical gardens and artwork from such American sculptors as Mark di Suvero and Alexander Calder, and French artists Edgar Degas and Auguste Rodin. The Gardens' amphitheater plays host to numerous concerts each summer, featuring such acts as Jonny Lang, The Pointer Sisters, Lyle Lovett, Cowboy Junkies, and B.B. King.
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