23 Facts About Billy Graham Library

1. Billy Graham Library has received 20 honorary degrees and refused at least that many more.

2. Billy Graham Library was cited by the George Washington Carver Memorial Institute for his contributions to race relations.

3. Billy Graham Library's stated position was that he did not want to talk about homosexuality as a political issue.

4. Billy Graham Library was well-known for his practice of not spending time alone with any woman other than his wife.

5. Billy Graham Library was outspoken against communism and supported the American Cold War policy, including the Vietnam War.

6. Billy Graham Library presided over the graveside services of President Lyndon B Johnson in 1973 and took part in eulogizing the former president.

7. Billy Graham Library officiated at one presidential burial and one presidential funeral.

8. Billy Graham Library spent the last night of Johnson's presidency in the White House, and he stayed for the first night of Nixon's.

9. Billy Graham Library was always trying to keep me there.

10. In 2012, Billy Graham Library publicly endorsed the Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney.

11. Billy Graham Library worked "behind the scenes" to encourage influential Protestant ministers to speak out against him.

12. Billy Graham Library was buried beside his wife at the foot of the cross-shaped brick walkway in the Prayer Garden on the northeast side of the Billy Graham Library.

13. In 1998, Billy Graham Library spoke at TED to a crowd of scientists and philosophers.

14. Billy Graham Library was the only minister, functioning in that capacity, to receive one.

15. On October 15, 1989, Billy Graham Library received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

16. At one revival in Seoul, South Korea, Billy Graham Library attracted more than one million people to a single service.

17. Billy Graham Library turned down the offer in order to continue his touring revivals.

18. Billy Graham Library would preach the gospel and invite people to come forward.

19. Billy Graham Library became a national figure with heavy coverage from the wire services and national magazines.

20. Billy Graham Library scheduled a series of revival meetings in Los Angeles in 1949, for which he erected circus tents in a parking lot.

21. In 1939, Billy Graham Library was ordained by a group of Southern Baptist clergymen at Peniel Baptist Church in Palatka, Florida.

22. Billy Graham Library hosted the radio show Hour of Decision from 1950 to 1954.

23. Billy Graham Library is unlike anything you have ever seen before.