Betty Ford

Historical marker location:

303 Pearl St NW, Grand Rapids, Michigan

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Pearl Street Northwest and Scribner Avenue Northwest, on the right when traveling west.)

Born: April 8, 1918 - Died: July 8, 2011. Betty Ford was the First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977.

Michigan was the site of the deadliest school massacre in American history. In 1927, a school board member in Bath, Michigan, named Andrew Kehoe detonated explosives he had planted in the local school, killing 38 children and six adults. Kehoe had also killed his wife and set fire to his farm before carrying out the attack.