Evangelist Billy Graham fields questions during a 1989 press conference at Drumlins Country Club in Syracuse, N.Y. Graham was in Syracuse for the Billy Graham Crusade at the Carrier Dome on April 24, 1989. (Photo by Stephen D. Cannerelli)
Need to know: Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Private: [PREPAREDNESS] Billy Graham, America’s pre-eminent evangelist, dies at 97
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The Green family’s other collection
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