The House budget proposes a Rev. Billy Graham statue on the Capitol grounds, but not the long-stalled African Americans monument. Here’s why.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — Billy Graham’s son, the Rev. Franklin Graham, praised the statue but said his father ‘would want the focus to be on the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God.’ WASHINGTON ...

North Carolina lawmakers spent nearly a decade working to have Rev. Billy Graham memorialized in the U.S. Capitol. On Thursday, a statue of Graham — a Charlotte native who died in 2018 at age 99 ...

A statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham was unveiled inside the U.S. Capitol in a ceremony on Thursday. Watch in the player above. House Speaker Mike Johnson, other congressional members and the ...

And they believed it through the influence of Billy Graham and the Graham family ... lying in state and having a statue in the Capitol, Johnson noted. Others are Presidents Gerald R.

N.C. – A statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham set to stand inside the U.S. Capitol to represent North Carolina will be unveiled next week in a ceremony. House Speaker Mike Johnson, other ...

A crowd applauds during the May 16, 2024 unveiling of a statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham that now stands inside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Jack Gruber Jack Gruber-USA TODAY On May 16 ...

Republican House budget writers have proposed adding a statue of the late Rev. Billy Graham to the Capitol, either on the grounds or inside the building. Their plan doesn’t provide funding for it.