Resting Place for President & Mrs Ford, a photo from ミシガン, Midwest

Photographer's Note

"Following Gerald Ford's death on December 26, 2006, thousands of people paid tribute to the president on the grounds of the [Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum]. Visitors created a spontaneous memorial with candles, flags, flowers, and handwritten notes at the Pearl Street entrance. During the night of January 2, 2007, through the morning of January 3, approximately 60,000 people viewed the casket as Ford lay in repose in the museum lobby. On January 3, Ford's body was taken to Grace Episcopal Church in East Grand Rapids for a funeral service. During the service, former President Jimmy Carter, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, and historian Richard Norton Smith gave eulogies. Following the service, President Ford was interred on the museum grounds.

After Betty Ford's death on July 8, 2011, the museum closed the following day to prepare for her funeral. Throughout the closure, the lobby remained open for guests to sign a condolence book. Later that day, the Ford family announced that her casket would be returned to Grand Rapids and lie in repose at the museum for public visitation from the evening of July 13 through noon July 14, when a service was held at Grace Episcopal Church. After the service, the casket was returned to the museum for burial next to her husband." (From Wikipedia.)

Exif Data:
Make: Canon
Model: Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
Software: Adobe Photoshop 23.3 (Macintosh)
Exposure Time: 1/250
F-Stop: f/4.0
ISO Speed Ratings: 100
Focal Length: 3800/1000 mm
Date Taken: 2022-05-01 14:39
Metering Mode: Center Weighted Average
File Size: 1889 kb
GPS: 42.969132960771944, -85.67696219168913

COSTANTINO, pajaran, holmertz, Fis2, ChrisJ has marked this note useful

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COSTANTINO (116490) 2022-05-23 22:09

hello my dearest Murat and have a nice day
original version
thanks for the sharing and this wonderful
trip through your impressive photos
regards
Costantino

pajaran (115891) 2022-05-23 22:13

Pozdrav.

Lep pogled, interesantan i dobar tekst ...
Lep spomenik, dobro pokazan sa lepim bojama, kontrastom i perspektivom.
Dobar rad sa fotografijom u radionici.
Dobar tekst o koriscenoj tehnici i elementima snimka.
Ostaju fotografije i srecanja.

Zelim vam lepu i mirnu noc, sve najbolje.
Paja

ifege (48085) 2022-05-23 22:57

Hi Murat
A good photo of this unusual burial spot.
cheers
Ia

Silvio1953 (221593) 2022-05-23 23:09

Ciao Murat, great view of rating place, wonderful colors, excellent clarity, splendid light and fine details, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio

jemaflor (147128) 2022-05-23 23:40

Hi Murat,
Good angle to take this view, interesting architecture style with lines and curves, well presented tis historic place about Ford president. tfs.

holmertz (102700) 2022-05-24 0:35

Hello Murat,
More modest than a pyramid but still a quite large grave monument. There's an interesting contrast between the soft shapes of the grave and the zigzagging lines of the similarly colored building.
Best regards,
Gert

Fis2 (170747) 2022-05-24 0:43

Witaj Murat!
Interesting set of photos.
Views make impression.
Good framing and colors.
I like this place.
Well done.
Good morning.
Krzysztof

Tue (92360) 2022-05-24 10:23

Hello Murat,
A good photo of the presidential resting place near the museum, whose corners are well included in the background as well. Also the small trees are well seen behind the monument and add a bit of colour.
Lars

lousat (139266) 2022-05-24 11:54

Hi Murat,the end of Ford and Betty showing the memorial built in open air close to museum,3 excellent pics that shows the ways to remember the president, interesting note as usual. Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano

jmdias (115156) 2022-05-25 5:59

murat

a curious tombstone, looks more like a simple curved wall.

take care

jorge

mkamionka (74407) 2022-05-25 7:11

Hi Murat,
Quite a particular design of a tomb. It makes me think rathe of one of those skating areas for children.
Very nicely presented though and the note is quite interesting too,
M

ChrisJ (171822) 2022-05-25 7:15

Hi Murat

The horseshoe shape of the memorial tomb nicely guides the eye around the image. Good sharpness and framing. The green trees contrast well with the grey stone. Tfs!