sentences:  While on the campaign trip, which was about a month after Ford was nominated for re-election as President of the United States, Ford campaigned from the "Natchez" during the six-hour Saturday cruise from Lutcher, Louisiana to Jackson Square, New Orleans, a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana.From there, Ford planned to spend three days in the south appealing to Southern conservatism by depicting his opponent, Jimmy Carter, as a free-spending liberal.To commemorate the event, Doc Hawley, captain of the SS "Natchez", gave Ford a black hat with chinstrap and gold thread embroidering the word Natchez.