Rev. Billy Graham Lies in Honor at US Capitol for Day of Remembrance
North Carolina Sens. Richard Burr and Thom Tills announced the passage of Senate Joint Resolution 53 - a special act of Congress honoring the life and legacy of Graham whose body will lie in honor at the Capitol until Thursday morning before making its final journey back home to North Carolina.
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Now, Rev. Billy Graham will join another historic list, becoming only the 4th civilian in history to lie in honor in the US Capitol.
In a summary of those who have been honoured in the Rotunda, the Architect of the Capitol described Graham as: "Minister, evangelist and adviser to presidents". His casket, supported by a wood catafalque and draped in a black cloth, will lie in honor throughout Wednesday in the Capitol Rotunda.
Graham lying in honor is a rare distinction for an American - and an official embrace of the religious leader from the halls of government.
Although Trump attended a 2013 birthday celebration for the then-95-year-old Graham, by the time Trump took office, Graham was keeping a lower profile, reports The Associated Press, and it is his son, William Franklin Graham III, who has the closer relationship with the president.
Overstating the significance of Billy Graham is hard. President Ronald Reagan said of him, "It was through Billy Graham that I found myself praying even more than on a daily basis ... and that in the position I held, that my prayers more and more were to give me the wisdom to make decisions that would serve God and be pleasing to Him". The others are two US Capitol Police officers who died in the line of duty in 1998 and civil rights hero Rosa Parks in 2005. Graham followed a pattern established during the antebellum Second Great Awakening by Charles Finney-and continued by Dwight Moody in the Gilded Age and Billy Sunday in the early 20th century-of holding evangelistic meetings for a week or more in major cities.
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From President Harry Truman to President Barack Obama, Graham met and prayed with a dozen presidents-every one since World War II.
Politicians and other well-wishers began gathering at the US Capitol on Wednesday morning (Feb 28) to pay tribute to Graham, whose body arrived for a daylong memorial before his funeral in North Carolina on Friday.
At the same time, the share of the Christian population who identify as evangelical Protestants - 62 million Americans in 2014 - has remained relatively steady, falling by just 0.9 percent from 2007 to 2014.
The letter's signers point out that Mr. Graham was highly critical of the gay-rights and feminist movements. Fayetteville Congressman Robert Pittenger was in the rotunda for the ceremony.
The House speaker pointed to Graham's gift for "connecting with people". The House recessed Tuesday evening in tribute to Graham. He looked on the broken, hurting, and overlooked members of society and loved them even before they had considered or accepted his message.
Graham, known as "America's Pastor", died February 21 at age 99 after decades of advising presidents and preaching to millions across the globe. Bill Clinton viewed the casket, a day after his successor, George W. Bush, did the same.
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