The body of former President Gerald Ford has arrived in his home town of Grand Rapids, Michigan, after a state funeral Tuesday in Washington. VOA's Michael Bowman reports, residents turned out in large numbers to pay their final respects to a local hero.

The New York Stock Exchange and NYSE Arca, subsidiaries of NYSE Group, Inc. (NYSE: NYX), will be closed on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007 in observance of the national day of mourning for President Gerald R. Ford.

With military members standing a solemn guard over the flag-draped casket in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, Vice President Richard B. Cheney yesterday evening eulogized former President Gerald R. Ford.

Former U.S. President Gerald Ford said in a 2004 interview the Iraq war was not justified and he disagreed with President Bush's decision to invade the country.

Former President Gerald Ford was remembered by President Bush as a "great American" who spent "the best years of his life" serving the U.S. VOA's Jim Bertel has more on reaction to the death of America's 38th president.

Flags across the United States are flying at half-staff as the country prepares to bury former U.S. President Gerald Ford.

Mr. Ford died Tuesday at his home in Rancho Mirage California, where he lived with his wife, Betty.