Ford Honored for Pardon of Nixon
From Times Wire Reports
Gerald R. Ford was honored in Boston with the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for pardoning Richard Nixon in 1974, saying he took the action to “heal the wounds” of Watergate and Vietnam.
On Sept. 8, 1974, a month after he was sworn in as president after Nixon’s resignation, Ford issued a full pardon. Two years later, Ford lost the election to Jimmy Carter, in part because of the pardon.
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