Nation says goodbye to President Gerald R. Ford
The nation honored Gerald R. Ford on Tuesday in a high-powered fanfare for the common man who was summoned to the presidency in the Watergate crisis. He was remembered for what he didn’t have  pretensions, a scheming agenda, a great golf game  as much as for the small-town authenticity he brought to high office.
“In President Ford, the world saw the best of America and America found a man whose character and leadership would bring calm and healing to one of the most divisive moments in our nation’s history,” President Bush said in his eulogy.