With a Republican in the White House and thriftiness apparently not a concern, the Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, MI, has embarked on a $6.35 million expansion. By April 2004 the museum will have a bigger store, an interactive replica of the White House's Cabinet Room, and 8,000 more square feet of exhibit space to display important Gerald Ford stuff. The Museum will remain open throughout its expansion. Gerald Ford, for those who don't know or don't remember, became President after Richard Nixon resigned in 1974, lost to Jimmy Carter in 1976, and was the last unelected Republican in the White House before its current occupant. [05/19/2002]

February 10, 2012