Posted on 12/27/2006 4:13:20 PM PST by kristinn
Funeral events will begin Friday when the casket, accompanied by Mrs. Ford and family members, will arrive at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert.
A private prayer service for family will be held, followed by visitation for invited friends before a public viewing begins about 4:20 p.m. PST.
On Saturday, the casket will be taken from St. Margaret's at 9 a.m. PST to Palm Springs International Airport, where it will depart at 10 a.m. PST for Andrews Air Force Base, Md.
On arrival, a motorcade will take the casket to Washington, D.C., stopping en route for a ceremony at the World War II Memorial, before reaching the Capitol for a state funeral in the rotunda.
A period of lying in state will begin after the funeral. Public viewing will continue on Sunday and New Year's Day.
On Jan. 2, the casket will be moved to outside the chamber of the U.S. Senate for a period of repose and then will be taken to the National Cathedral for a funeral.
The casket will then be taken to Andrews Air Force Base and flown to Grand Rapids, Mich., where it will be taken to the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum for a service and public viewing.
On Jan. 3, the casket will be taken to Grace Church in Grand Rapids for an afternoon funeral service. It will then be returned to the presidential museum for interment on the north grounds.
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An official website has been established in tribute to President Ford: GeraldFordMemorial.com
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Thanks for posting this. He did serve his country well.
He was a good man, great president. Even the democrats seemed to have stopped bashing Bush now realising that Presidents are not immortal
I'm glad he'll be having a state funeral.
Semper Fi, Mr. President Ford.
Amen, God blessed a great but weary country with a good man at the right time.
Rest in Peace Sir.
Has any President NOT had one?
I heard over Fox News, that Rummy is delivering one of the eulogies.
Thank you, kristinn. Rest in peace, President Ford.
That will be wonderful.
Burial on the museum grounds.
Richard Nixon did not have one. (He was entitled to one, but did not want one).
Richard Nixon
Nixon didn't have a State funeral. It was a public service in California, but not a State funeral.
R.I.P. President Gerald Ford
I salute this man who tried his best to bind the wounds of our country. I didn't appreciate him when he was doing the job. (Some democrats eventually DO get the message.)
God bless and rest your soul, sir.
Back in the 60's I spent my summers in Lake City, Michigan. Congressman Ford would almost always walk in the 4th of July parade, then have a BBQ Ox Sandwich at the park. He would stop to talk with anyone he passed, including this 16 y/o in 1968. I had some warped views on the war in VietNam back in those days... I shed my liberal attitude in 1973 just before rose to the presidency.
Rest in Peace, Mr. President.
If it were not for President Ford's campaign in 1976, I very well would have registered as a Democrat when I turned 18 in 1978. Preparation for portraying him in an American History class mock debate had a profound impact on the then 16 year old me. I had the honor of shaking his hand 8 years later when I was a reporter in Delaware and he was at a campaign function for Elise DuPont.
I wonder if Chaney will be giving one. He was Chief of Staff in the Ford White House.
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