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Article: 3 former presidents join Billy Graham Library dedication
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- Oakland Tribune
- Article date:
- June 1, 2007
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Three former U.S. presidents joined together
Thursday to praise evangelist Billy Graham and dedicate a new
library in his honor, a $27 million complex that traces the
preacher's rise from farm boy to America's pastor.
On a stage in view of a 40-foot glass cross that serves as the
museum's front door, the frail preacher said he was embarrassed by
the attention and there was "too much Billy Graham" in the exhibits.
"This building behind me is just a building," the 88-year-old
Graham said in brief remarks, his once-powerful voice quieted by
age. "It's an instrument, a tool for the Gospel. The primary thing
is the Gospel of Christ."