[Archived] Alexandria’s Gerald R. Ford Memorial Committee Seeks Suggestions On Ways To Memorialize Late President Ford

City Press Release


	For Immediate Release	For More Information, Contact
	March 28, 2007 PIO# 077-07/rdo	Steve Mason, Director of Communications, at 703.838.4300 Raynard Owens, Communications Officer, at 703.838.4300

Alexandria’s Gerald R. Ford Memorial Committee Seeks Suggestions
On Ways To Memorialize Late President Ford

The Gerald R. Ford Memorial Committee is seeking suggestions from Alexandria residents on ways for the City to permanently memorialize the late President Ford. The members of the committee, appointed by Mayor William D. Euille, are Ferdinand Day, Jessica Gibson, David G. Speck, Pat Troy, and Donnan C. Wintermute.

Suggestions for the memorial will be accepted through Monday, April 30, and can be submitted online, e-mailed to fordmemorial@alexandriava.gov, or mailed to:

Gerald R. Ford Memorial Committee
c/o Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities
1108 Jefferson St.
Alexandria, VA 22314

Congressman Ford and his family moved to Alexandria’s Parkfairfax neighborhood in 1951 during his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Four years later, the Ford family moved into their new home on Crown View Drive in the Clover neighborhood. They lived there throughout Ford’s years in Congress and during the eight months he served as vice president, following his appointment by President Richard Nixon and confirmation by Congress in December 1973 to succeed Spiro T. Agnew.

For additional information on President’s Ford life in Alexandria, visit www.alexandriava.gov/ford.

For more information on the proposed Gerald R. Ford Memorial, call Janet Barnett, Deputy Director of the City’s Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Activities, at 703-838-4343.

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