The statue was designed and sculpted by Rockford High alum Brett Grill, a 1997 graduate and 2010 Rockford High Hall of Fame inductee.
The final installation of the statue is set to be completed in time for this Friday's game.
It's hard to think of a Michigan sports or media figure who is more revered than Ernie Harwell, both locally and nationally. I hesitate to even call Ernie Harwell a sports or media figure. He was so much more than that to so many people. That's what makes the vandalism to the Ernie Harwell statue at Comerica Park so disappointing.
Plans to unveil the new Gerald R. Ford statue at the presidential museum were pushed up by a couple of days to clear the schedule for a much more somber event...the arrival of Betty Ford's body.
The former first lady died on Friday at the age of 93 and will lie in repose at the museum Wednesday starting at 7 p.m.
Former President Gerald Ford is back on Capitol Hill today!
The Grand Rapids native will forever stand tall in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda in Washington in the form of a bronze statute cast in his likeness.
Yesterday, Ford's only daughter Susan Ford Bales and son Steven led the unveiling ceremony.