Posted on 02/25/2018 12:07:55 PM PST by mom4melody
https://memorial.billygraham.org/live-stream/?_ga=2.123102219.1002417274.1519067539-692309511.1517858755
Very touching displays of the regard in which Billy Graham was held by the people of NC, every overpass, firemen and firetrucks, people pulled over and out paying their respects. Asheville to Charlotte is over 2 hrs drive and this has been the case the entire distance, with people lining five and six deep in the towns and cities along the way.
Thank you for posting, ladies. I’ll be referring to these links for the next few days for sure.
I still watch his crusades on reruns on TBN to this day!
Thank you for posting, ladies. I’ll be referring to these links for the next few days for sure.
I still watch his crusades on reruns on TBN to this day!
Thank you. “We The People” love this man.
Thanks Donna!
All the vehicles pulling over in respect. So awesome.
Bttt.
5.56mm
Very touching.
I don’t know about in other parts of the US.....but we do that in the South.
I love the fire trucks on the overpasses. Wonderful.
They do in areas of Michigan, too: pull over and turn the lights on. I’ve never seen one in the expressway.
Mrs BN & I made the 20 minute drive to Black Mountain to pay our respects as the motorcade passed through.
People on the overpasses on the way over and three Bell 206 Jet Ranger helos overhead.
“Well done, thou good & faithful servant!”
This reminds me of the motorcades in CA when Reagan’s body was being transported. We were living in Simi Valley at the time, and every overpass was packed with people, flags, and signs. The roads were lined with people several deep. All cars stopped in respect. The trip normally takes about 45 minutes, but it took them about two hours.
I just looked for video of the motorcade.
says, “Hundreds line streets to bid farewell to Billy Graham” but then finishes with two criticisms of Rev Graham which were captioned in their video.
In contrast, the Charlotte ABC station has 1 hour and 50 minutes video of the motorcade beginning just west of Hickory, NC. Slightly more than “Hundreds line streets...”
Thousands and thousands lined Interstate 40 in this rural part of Western North Carolina.
http://abc11.com/religion/motorcade-for-rev-billy-graham-arrives-in-charlotte/3134456/
Reagan's body was flown to Andrews AFB in Maryland and transported by motorcade to the Capitol Rotunda. My father is a retired Air Force officer, so we went to Andrews, and lined up along the road with thousands of other servicemen, veterans, and their families to pay our respects.
We wanted to go to the Reagan Library for the viewing there. Our house bordered the Library grounds, and we could’ve walked it in about 10 minutes but weren’t allowed to walk in. For security, everyone had to be shuttled from Moorpark College to the Library. We drove toward the college and weren’t even able to get there because the traffic was backed up for miles, so we took an exit and went home again. (The shuttles ran past our bedroom window for two days and a night.) We never did get to see him.
I did get some good photos of the impromptu memorial with flowers, signs, and other mementos; and of the hearses (there were two); the funeral entourage, press corps, etc. We were allowed to stand at the subdivision entrance as the motorcade passed within several feet. So touching and sad.
At that time I recall thinking we’d never have a President who would be as good; I think I may have been wrong.
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