In Mourning

The portrait of former U.S. President Gerald R. Ford is draped in black bunting and white roses are placed below it at the White House on Dec. 28, 2006. Ford, the nation's 38th president, died on Dec. 26 at age 93. In a few days, the white roses will be replaced with white lilies, both of which were Betty Ford's favorite flowers. The portrait was painted by Everett Raymond Kinstler.

The flag at Buckingham Palace in London is lowered as a mark of respect following the death of former U.S. President Gerald Ford, Dec. 28, 2006. Ford, the 38th U.S. president and the only one not elected to the presidency or the vice presidency, died Tuesday night at the age of 93.

Robert Plank of Rockford, Ill., leaves mementos on a wall outside the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Dec. 28, 2006. The nation's 38th president will be mourned in the rare and solemn spectacle of a state funeral crafted to honor his reverence for Congress, the institution that launched him to the presidency.

A portrait of former President Gerald Ford draped in black cloth is shown as Scott Van Etten of Roseville, Mich., views exhibits at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library in Ann Arbor, Mich., on Dec. 28, 2006. Ford, who declared "Our long national nightmare is over" as he replaced former President Richard Nixon, died Tuesday at age 93.

Elaine Fleming of Grand Rapids, Mich., signs a condolence book at the city's Gerald R. Ford Museum on Dec. 28, 2006.

Mourners stand around a makeshift memorial outside the Gerald R. Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Dec. 27, 2006. The former president, who declared "Our long national nightmare is over" as he replaced Richard Nixon but may have doomed his own chances of election by pardoning his disgraced predecessor, died Tuesday at age 93.

A well-wisher pays respects with flowers at the star of former President Gerald Ford on the "Palm Springs Walk of Stars" in Palm Springs, Calif., on Dec. 27, 2006. Ford died Tuesday at age 93.

Candles burn at a makeshift memorial outside the Gerald Ford Museum in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Dec. 27, 2006.

Flags fly at half staff in honor of former President Gerald Ford at the Washington Monument, with the U.S. Capitol in the background, on Dec. 27, 2006. Ford will lie in state in the Capitol before burial in Grand Rapids, Mich.

A card with a message for former President Gerald Ford is shown attached to a bouquet of flowers delivered to St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, Calif., on Dec. 27, 2006. A service for the former president, who died died Tuesday at age 93, will be held at the church on Friday. The service will be followed by visitation by friends and a period of public repose.

Visitors file past the flag draped casket of former President Gerald Ford, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006, in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Samantha Van Wickin, 4, holds the hand of her father, Bob Van Wickin, as they pay their respects to former President Gerald R. Ford as his body lies in state in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 31, 2006. Samantha is wearing a Ford Dole campaign button from 1976. They are both from Annapolis, Md.

People stroll past an avenue of flags after signing a condolence book for President Gerald R. Ford at the Gerald R. Ford Museum, Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, in Grand Rapids, Mich.

A condolence book signed by U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., for President Gerald R. Ford at the Kennedy Library in Boston Monday, Jan. 1, 2007, reads, "We loved you, Gerry, Democrats and Republicans alike. You are truly a Profile in Courage."

Haley Beckman, right, of Garnett, Kan., signs a memorial book Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007, following ceremonies to honor the late President Gerald Ford at Pittsburg State University in Pittsburg, Kan. The book will eventually be sent to the Gerald Ford Presidential Library in Grand Rapids, Mich.