The Grand Rapids Press reports that a life size statue of President Gerald R. Ford was unveiled in the Capitol Rotunda this week.
According to excerpts from the story:
Some four years after he laid in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, former President Gerald R. Ford returned to the Capitol today. Congressional leaders and members of the Ford family unveiled the bronze likeness of the late president that now will become one of two statues representing Michigan in the Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection.
"The House and Senate and the people of Michigan welcome dad back to the Capitol," said Susan Ford Bales, Ford's only daughter. "Today the people of Michigan and Dad's beloved House of Representatives have spoken to future generations."
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