The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, consists of two black granite walls bearing the names of service members who died or remained missing as a result of their service in the war.

The most famous photo of the fall of Saigon appears to show a long line of people perched on a ladder atop the US embassy, waiting to be evacuated by a US military helicopter.

Fifty years ago, in February 1975, U.S. President Gerald Ford made a statement. He did so not primarily through words but in action, swearing in his nominee for the office of U.S. Attorney General.

Armed conflicts around the world generate large numbers of refugees.

1. Q: Ford was the only US President born in what US city, and what name appeared on his birth certificate?

It is difficult to think of two world leaders who present a starker contrast than the 38^th President of the United States, Gerald R. Ford, and the current General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping. 

In an interview that had him reflecting back over his life and political career, Gerald Ford was once asked to name his greatest regret.

One of the greatest challenges facing the administration of US President Gerald Ford when he assumed office in 1974 was the poor state of the US economy, which was suffering from a condition dubbed stagflation – stagnation and inflation.

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has not generated the kind of self-critical examination that we need to undertake if we are to avoid repeating mistakes in the future.

On January 4, 1975, US President Gerald Ford signed into law a section of the Social Security Act that established a national child support collection system.

Recent times have been tough for Boy Scouts of America.  Although still one of the largest youth organizations in the US, its ranks have dwindled from about 3 million in the 1970s to fewer than 800,000 today

It would not be difficult to make the case that Gerald Ford was the greatest athlete ever to serve as President of the United States.

In the middle decades of the 20^th century, there were topics that people just didn’t talk about in polite company.

This summer, when the US and its NATO allies wanted to demonstrate their solidarity in opposing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, they sent their greatest single weapon to the eastern Mediterranean– Gerald R. Ford. 

Nine times in our nation’s history a US vice president has ascended to the office of president.

For about a decade beginning in 1965, NBC late night weekend programming consisted of Best of Carson reruns.

It is difficult to think of two world leaders more widely divergent from one another.  Gerald Ford, the 38^th President of the United States, is admired today for his lifelong commitment to decency, honesty, and integrity. 

Perhaps the most remarkable Boy Scout Annual Awards Dinner in scouting history took place at the Sheraton-Park Hotel in Washington, DC, on the evening of December 2, 1974.