Don Cooper

Michiganian, amateur historian, @PresGeraldRFord civic initiatives, and @WSUPoliSci PhD student. Advancing active citizenship. Views are my own. RT≠Endorsement.

[Brandon Brown @BBrownIndy]

The operation of schools should be separate from the regulation of schools. Doing both is an inherent conflict of interest. You can’t honestly regulate yourself. Someone needs to steer and someone needs to row.

This general rule applies to many sectors, both public and private.

[Ford Presidential Foundation @PresGeraldRFord]

Thank you, President Ford, for aiming to right the wrong done by FDR in 1936, and then taking it a step further by awarding Owens the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

#JesseOwens
#GeraldFord

https://t.co/AF2kZADbEV

[WGVUEducation @WGVUEducation]

Today is First Ladies Day! #WGVUEducation is proud to share a Lesson Plan with videos (gr. 6-12) that takes students on a virtual fieldtrip to the @https://x.com/Ford_Library to learn about iconic First Lady Betty Ford. https://t.co/GyK7wQboXn  #WGVU @PresGeraldRFord

[Ford Presidential Foundation @PresGeraldRFord]

Happy 107th Birthday, #BettyFord! We miss your courageous, fierce spirit. Your compassion and empathy. And maybe even above all, your honesty.

Here's to a remarkable First Lady. Today, in honor of you, we are dressing in style and practicing being our true selves, even if it goes against the grain.

[Scouting magazine @scouting]

Today, let’s remember Gerald R. Ford, our 38th president and, at least so far, the only Eagle Scout to ascend to the most powerful post in the country.

https://t.co/6M7PjBpIQh

[Ford Presidential Foundation @PresGeraldRFord]

Spring Registration is OPEN for citizen merit badge classes at the Ford Presidential Museum. Dates:

-- Citizenship in the Nation: 2/22, 3/8, 4/19
-- Citizenship in the World: 3/8, 4/5, 4/19

These classes fill quickly, so register soon.

https://t.co/BEV3HWM213

@MICrossroadsBSA @scouting

[Ford Presidential Foundation @PresGeraldRFord]

#GirlScouts just got a new role model - First Lady Betty Ford!

@GSMISTS has partnered with us to offer an exclusive #BettyFord Girl Scouts patch that you can earn at the Ford Presidential Museum.

Betty’s advocacy and championship for equal rights and women’s health remains an inspiration and model of active citizenship and we are thrilled for girls to learn how they can be change-makers like her.

[Scouting magazine @scouting]

Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States and our only Eagle Scout president, assumed the highest office in our country under extraordinary circumstances.

https://t.co/D4fmKbCJHb

[Don Cooper @DonaldJCooper]

Powerful. Drawing form @ClaimsCon Holocaust survivor-led digital campaign #ItStartedWithWords, the contest invites 6th-12th graders to reflect on the role that words played in the Holocaust, create an art or writing piece that reflects the power of words. Deadline: 03/09/25.

[Ford Presidential Foundation @PresGeraldRFord]

CASH PRIZES for West Michigan students who place in the Henry Pestka Art & Poetry Contest!

We are proud to partner with @WGVUPublicMedia to let local students show how the power of words can cause change.

Read more, and find the writing prompt, here: https://t.co/1vcDUBxPbg

#ItStartedWithWords

[Ford Presidential Foundation @PresGeraldRFord]

CASH PRIZES for West Michigan students who place in the Henry Pestka Art & Poetry Contest!

We are proud to partner with @WGVUPublicMedia to let local students show how the power of words can cause change.

Read more, and find the writing prompt, here: https://t.co/1vcDUBxPbg

#ItStartedWithWords

[CatholicVote @CatholicVote]

Catholics gathered around home of MI Gov Gretchen Whitmer praying Rosary in the rain🙏

[Presidential Wisdom @PrezWisdom]

Gerald Ford 🇺🇸 restored Robert E. Lee's citizenship in 1975. It was not restored in 1865 due to an oversight

Though Lee signed an amnesty oath, his application for citizenship was given by William Seward to a friend as a souvenir and the State Department dropped the ball

#POTUS

[1976 Live @50YearsAgoLive]

President Ford signs the Equal Educational Opportunities Act into law, guaranteeing an equal standard of public education for children regardless of demographic considerations.

[James A. Garfield National Historic Site @GarfieldNPS]

VP Gerald Ford became POTUS upon resignation of Pres. Nixon #OnThisDay 50 yrs ago: 8/9/1974. Ford remains our only Park Ranger president; he was a Seasonal at @YellowstoneNPS in the ‘30s. If he’d worn that sweet uniform every day as POTUS he’d have been reelected in ‘76 for sure.

[National Constitution Center @ConstitutionCtr]

#OnThisDay in 1776, 56 members of the Second Continental Congress start signing the #DeclarationofIndependence in Philadelphia.

https://t.co/9uYrvREuhb

[Ford Presidential Foundation @PresGeraldRFord]

Hey, West MI Teachers! Field trips open house & guided tour at the Ford Presidential Museum Aug 14.

#fieldtrips

[LBJ Library @LBJLibrary]

In April 2000, former presidents and political rivals #JimmyCarter and #GeraldFord sat down for a conversation with #TimRussert at the #LBJLibrary. ⬇️

[James A. Garfield National Historic Site @GarfieldNPS]

America’s only park ranger president—Gerald Ford—was born #OnThisDay 111 yrs ago: 7/14/1913. As seen in this photo, future President Ford served as a seasonal park ranger in @YellowstoneNPS in the 1930s.

#POTUS #yellowstonenationalpark #geraldford #jamesagarfieldnhs