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02-28-2018, 12:55 PM #1
Billy Graham Honored at US Capitol Ceremony
Billy Graham honored at US Capitol ceremony
February 28, 2018
Fox News
President Trump, House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., were among those who arrived to pay their respects to the late evangelist Billy Graham -- who was to lie in honor at the U.S. Capitol Wednesday.
Graham’s pine casket arrived at the Capitol surrounded by family as lawmakers from both sides of the aisle gathered to remember “America’s pastor,” who died last week at age 99. The ceremony will be followed by Graham’s funeral in Charlotte, N.C., on Friday.
Graham met and prayed with presidents of both parties from Harry Truman to Barack Obama, and is only the fourth private person to lie in honor since 1998. The others are two U.S. Capitol Police officers who died in the line of duty in 1998 and civil rights hero Rosa Parks in 2005.
"If there is any American whose life and life's work deserves to be honored by laying in honor in the U.S. Capitol, it's Billy Graham," Ryan said.
Yet, while embraced by members of both parties, Graham was wary of politics. He was closest to Richard Nixon, but later said he felt used by him.
Until his health began to fail about 10 years ago, Graham would minister to other presidents, some of whom paid tribute to Graham after his death was announced.
Former President Bill Clinton recalled seeing one of Graham's crusades as a child, and would later be counseled by Graham both as governor of Arkansas and later as president in the White House.
"In that little room, he was the same person I saw when I was 11 on that football field," Clinton said Tuesday after viewing the casket at Graham's home.
Former President George W. Bush visited Graham’s home to pay his respects also. Trump met Graham at the pastor's 95th birthday party in 2013 and is expected to attend the funeral service in Charlotte on Friday.
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02-28-2018, 01:06 PM #2
It was a beautiful respectful ceremony. Very nice. I think he would have liked it.
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