The Gerald R Ford Presidential Museum

This is the final resting place of our 38th President of the United States (1974-1977). He succeeded the disgraced Richard M Nixon when Nixon resigned due to the Watergate scandal. In 1976, Ford lost the presidential election to Jimmy Carter, most likely due to Ford's pardoning of Nixon.

Ford was raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and represented the 5th congressional district for almost 25 years, until becoming Nixon's Vice President in 1973.

In 2006, at the age of 93, Ford died and was buried on the other side of this museum. He was a moderate Republican (difficult to find these days) and was well-respected for his integrity. He was a good man.

(The astronaut sculpture commemorates Ford's support of the space program while serving in Congress as well when he was in the White House.)