Nation to honor Ford with five day state funeral
Gerald R. Ford will be mourned in a formal state funeral spanning five days from California to Michigan. The 38th president will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda and also lie in repose outside both chambers. Ford died at 93 and planned parts of his own funeral with family in Palm Desert. The service sequence includes a Palm Desert church ceremony and a West Coast to Washington flight with a joint tribute at the World War II memorial.
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Gerald Ford dies at 93 former president laid to rest
Former President Gerald R. Ford, the 38th and only unelected U.S. president, died at age 93. The nation prepares a state funeral with services in the Capitol Rotunda and a funeral at the National Cathedral before interment in Michigan. Ford's presidency followed Nixon's resignation amid Watergate and his long service in the House. Betty Ford issued thanks for public condolences as plans outline honor guards, dignitaries, and orderly mourning procedures.
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President Ford Visits Baytown Field as Ganders Top MacArthur
Baytown buzzed as President Ford watched Ronnie Kramer’s Robert E. Lee Ganders defeat Aldine MacArthur 34 0 at Stallworth Stadium. Security rolled in with Secret Service and helicopters while thousands bought seats. Ford praised the show before departing, a night remembered as Carter’s coming loss and a civic reminder to vote.
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Ford Visits Lee High School to Watch 34-0 Gander Victory
President Ford attended Stallworth Stadium to see Baytown Lee defeat MacArthur 34 to 0 in 1976. Coaches Jackie Byrd and John Black recalled the high security and crowd excitement. Ford sat with four student presidents and showed interest in school traditions, marking his only high school football stop on the 1976 campaign trail.
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