“The Constitution is the bedrock of all our freedoms; guard and cherish it; keep honor and order in your own house; and the republic will endure.” ~President Gerald Ford (1913-2006)

On Tuesday, December 26, 2006 former President Gerald Ford passed away. This week, on From the Vault, we’ll look back on his life with an audio collage of materials broadcast throughout the last 50 years on Pacifica Radio. Featured audio includes Ford’s inauguration, the Nixon pardon speech, the 1974 documentary And Some Have Greatness Thrust Upon Them, and a series of editorials from deep within the vault by reporter Robert Krulwich in August and September of 1974.

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