Last weekend we went to see Christina in Grand Rapids. It is a beautiful city, nothing like the Detroit and Michigan I imagined (it is 150 miles away from Detroit, and residents always say they live in "western Michigan").
The top attraction was the Gerald Ford Museum. He was from Grand Rapids. It was outstanding, a real time capsule of his few years as President. A few facts about Ford:
1. He is the only President who was never elected as President or Vice-President.
2. His original name was not Ford, as his mother was divorced when he was very young, and her husband adopted him, and gave him his name Ford.
3. The big issue of his day was whether to pardon Nixon and draft dodgers from Vietnam (he pardoned both).
4. The Bible verse of Proverbs 3:5-6 was a key comfort to him.
5. His ultimate goal in life was to become minority leader of the House, which he became. But to everyone's surprise, he went from there to Vice-President and President.
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