Red, white, and blue <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/campaign_button" class="extiw" title="w:campaign button">button</a> that reads, “<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_ford" class="extiw" title="w:Gerald ford">Jerry Ford</a> / <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_County,_Michigan" class="extiw" title="w:Kent County, Michigan">Kent County</a>’s Own,” used in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford#1976_presidential_election" title="Gerald Ford">Gerald R. Ford’s 1976 presidential campaign</a>. It features a blue shooting star design with “76” in the trail. Ford, born on July 14, 1913, in <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha, Nebraska</a>, moved to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Rapids,_Michigan" class="extiw" title="w:Grand Rapids, Michigan">Grand Rapids</a> (Kent County) Michigan with his mother <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Ayer_Gardner_Ford" class="extiw" title="w:Dorothy Ayer Gardner Ford">Dorothy Ayer Gardner</a> as a young child to live in the home of her parents, Levi Addison Gardner and Adele Augusta Ayer. Ford attended Grand Rapids South High School, represented Grand Rapids, Michigan in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" class="extiw" title="w:United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> for 25 years, and is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_and_state_funeral_of_Gerald_Ford" class="extiw" title="w:Death and state funeral of Gerald Ford">burried</a> in Grand Rapids, Kent County.
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