page_title: Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in Sacramento
hierarchical_section_title: Attempted assassination of Gerald Ford in Sacramento
caption_attribution_description: English: Following the September 5, 1975 10:04 am&#91;1&#93; attempt on U.S. President Gerald Ford's life by cultist Charles Manson Family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, Secret Service agents rush President Ford towards the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
context_page_description: On September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a member of the so-called Manson Family cult, attempted to assassinate United States President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California. She wanted to make a statement to people who refused to halt environmental pollution and its effects on Air, Trees, Water, and Animals. Although Fromme stood a little more than an arm's length from Ford that Friday morning and pointed a M1911 pistol at him in the public grounds of the California State Capitol building, she had not chambered a round, the gun did not fire, and no one was injured. After the assassination attempt, Ford continued to walk to the California state house, where he met with California governor Jerry Brown. For her crime, Fromme spent 34 years in prison and was released on August 14, 2009 – two years and seven months after Ford's death. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, later received the M1911 pistol used in the assassination attempt as a gift, and the gun was put on display.
context_section_description: On September 5, 1975, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a member of the so-called Manson Family cult, attempted to assassinate United States President Gerald Ford in Sacramento, California. She wanted to make a statement to people who refused to halt environmental pollution and its effects on Air, Trees, Water, and Animals (ATWA). Although Fromme stood a little more than an arm's length from Ford that Friday morning and pointed a M1911 pistol at him in the public grounds of the California State Capitol building, she had not chambered a round, the gun did not fire, and no one was injured. After the assassination attempt, Ford continued to walk to the California state house, where he met with California governor Jerry Brown. For her crime, Fromme spent 34 years in prison and was released on August 14, 2009 – two years and seven months after Ford's death. The Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, later received the M1911 pistol used in the assassination attempt as a gift, and the gun was put on display.
caption: Ford being rushed by U.S. Secret Service from the site of the 1975 attempt on his life in Sacramento, California
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