Leaving a new legacy
By Tommy Tomlinson | E-mail | June 2, 2009

They helped him up from his special chair. His assistant placed a walker in front of him. He had maybe 10 feet to the microphone.

Gift to a man who has given much
By Mary C. Curtis | E-mail | June 2, 2009

Billy Graham is "America's pastor." That's not something you would want to argue with, not Thursday, not when presidents and preachers, friends and admirers came to honor the man's message.

Billy Graham Library inspires visitors
TIM FUNK | E-mail | June 2, 2009

Most days, Domna Colepaugh of Charlotte stays around the house, home-schooling son Jason, 12. But on Tuesday, teacher and student went on a field trip -- to the Billy Graham Library on its surprisingly quiet grand opening.

Snapshots from the library's opening ceremony
June 2, 2009

Snapshots from the ceremony: Surprise connections, sad remembrance and good-natured ribbing among friends

Slideshow: The Billy Graham Library

In a ceremony that often resembled a church service, three ex-presidents and 1,500 guests came out to dedicate Billy Graham's $27 million library.

S.C. architect designed Graham library
Past presidents heap words of praise
A day of devotion
Billy Graham Library inspires visitors
We know who he is; how did he get there?

For more than half a century, his name, face and voice have been among the most recognizable on the planet. But not once in all that time has Hollywood turned Billy Graham's life into a feature film.

Honoring America's Pastor

The Charlotte-born preacher who vaulted to national fame during a tent crusade in Los Angeles almost 60 years ago was back in a tent -- and a brighter spotlight -- on Thursday.

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