2006 News picture story - HM

Amy Leang

The passing of a president

Flags are lowered at half staff as news spreads quickly that 38th U.S. president, Gerald Ford, has passed. Droves of mourners from Cedar Springs to Granville brave the chilly winter just to pay their respects, reminisce, pray and catch a glimpse of history unfurling before them: their version of a royal family laying to rest the only man from Michigan to ever be president.