President: Gerald R.
Ford 
Start Point:
Ann Arbor — 10/12km Walk (YR0849), May 28 -
Dec 31
Michigan
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President: Gerald R.
Ford |
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Start Point:
Ann Arbor — 10/12km Walk (YR0849), May 28 -
Dec 31 |
| Sponsoring Club: AVA-0927, Great Lakes Amblers |
| History Lesson: Trail goes by the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. |
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President: Gerald R.
Ford |
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Start Point:
Grand Rapids — 10km Walk (YR0529), May 26 -
Nov 30 |
| Sponsoring Club: AVA-0461, Historic Pathwalkers |
| History Lesson: The trails goes past the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum as well as the burial site of our 38th president. Grand Rapids is also his birthplace. |
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President: Abraham
Lincoln |
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Start Point:
Kalamazoo — 11km Walk (YR0865), Jan 1 - Dec
31 |
| Sponsoring Club: AVA-0461, Historic Pathwalkers |
| History Lesson: Lincoln at Kalamazoo. On August 27, 1856, here in this park, Abraham Lincoln, then an obscure lawyer, spoke to a rally for John Fremont, the Republican presidential nominee. This was the only time that Lincoln addressed an audience in Michigan. The event was almost unnoticed in the press. Some Republicans felt the speaker was too conservative on the antislavery issue. Four years later, Michigan's vote helped put Lincoln in the White House. |
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President: Gerald Ford,
George H. W. Bush |
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Start Point:
Lansing — 10km Walk (YR045`), Jan 1 - Dec
31 |
| Sponsoring Club: AVA-0461, Historic Pathwalkers |
| History Lesson: The route follows the entire Michigan Walk of Fame, where President Gerald R. Ford is commemorated. He is the only Michigander to serve as President of the United States of America. He was raised in Grand Rapids and graduated from the University of Michigan. After serving in the Navy in World War II, he represented the 5th Congressional District for a quarter of a century. Named by President Richard Nixon to fill the vice presidential vacancy in 1973, Ford became President upon Nixon's resignation the following year. Also, President George H. W. Bush spoke at the Lansing Civic Center on October 19, 1992. His remarks followed a presidential debate. |
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President: Abraham
Lincoln |
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Start Point:
Plymouth — 11 km Walk (YR0881), May 28 - Dec
31 |
| Sponsoring Club: AVA-0927, Great Lakes Amblers |
| History Lesson: The trail goes by the state's largest memorabilia collection on Abraham Lincoln. There are mannequins of Abe and Mary, the original law text and legal case from his office in a recreation of the Lincoln-Herndon Law Office, a life mask made in 1860 while he was president, original photographs, a lock of his hair, original newspaper accounts of the assassination, and lots more. |
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President: Franklin D.
Roosevelt, Gerald R. Ford |
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Start Point:
Zeeland — 10km Walk (YR1229), May 1 - Dec
2 |
| Sponsoring Club: AVA-0461, Historic Pathwalkers |
| History Lesson: Franklin D. Roosevelt visited Zeeland in 1920 while running for VP on the Democratic ticket with James Cox. They did not win and it wasn't until 12 years later that FDR won the White House. Gerald R. Ford often worked in a mobile office in downtown Zeeland while campaigning for the 1948 congressional election. He won his first seat in the US House of Representatives that year. Plaques acknowledging the presence of these two former presidents will be unveiled July 12, 2007 at the corner of Main Avenue and Elm Street. They will be affixed to the wall on the east side of the building facing Elm Street. |
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Updated July 19, 2007