It was St. Patrick's Day in 1976, and President Gerald Ford wanted to dance. He'd thrown a state dinner for Liam Cosgrave, the prime minister of the Republic of Ireland. He had fashion designer ...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – In recent years, Gerald R. Ford International Airport has doubled down on providing people traveling to and from Grand Rapids with a wide variety of Michigan-made options. The airport last week celebrated Kalamazoo-based Bell’s Brewery’s new taproom in Concourse B as its most recent addition,
The companies will pilot new air travel technologies at Gerald R. Ford International Airport through the winter and spring, thanks to more than $200,000 in grants.
Getting a nuclear-powered aircraft... The Navy’s newest and largest warship, the enormous Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier, will soon take to the sea on its first combat deployment ...
One of West Michigan’s most popular breweries has opened a new shop inside Gerald R. Ford International Airport.
Passengers flying through the Gerald R. Ford International Airport can now grab a drink from Bell’s while waiting for their flight.
Army major and presidential aide was in the room for key moments of Gerald Ford's presidency, including first lady Betty Ford's intervention.
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the U.S. Navy’s newest aircraft carrier and the first of the Gerald R. Ford class, just left on its first deployment from Norfolk, Virginia, en... U.S. Chief of Naval ...
May 1975 - Cambodia seizes the American ship Mayaguez. Ford sends in the Navy, Marines and Air Force. The ship is retaken and the crew of 39 is rescued, although 41 American service members are killed as a result of the operation. July 8, 1975 - Formally announces he will seek the Republican nomination for the presidency in 1976.
The Potsdam Public Museum has obtained an archive of articles from a Potsdam reporter who worked here in the late 1940s, who later became an editor of Newsweek magazine and then a domestic affairs advisor for President Gerald R.
One thing we saw lots of this week as power switched from one political party to the other was presidential pardons.
Nine children of presidents have gotten married at the White House: Maria Hester Monroe, John Adams II, Elizabeth Tyler, Nellie Grant, Alice Lee Roosevelt, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, Eleanor Randolph Wilson, Lynda Bird Johnson, and Tricia Nixon.