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The Day That Rocked America - And Began a New Era

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum
Grand Rapids, MI

Thursday, August 8, 2024 - 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. EDT

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President Ford’s friends and family, including Steve and Mike Ford, sons of President and Mrs. Ford; Carla Hills, President Ford’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; and Maj. Gen. Albert Zapanta, President Ford’s Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior will reflect on the pivotal events of August 8 and 9, 1974, and discuss how that 24- hour period changed Ford’s family, American politics, and world history.

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All events listed in the calendar are free unless noted.

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