The Ripple Effects of Ministry

Convention Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. At one revival in Seoul, South
Korea, Graham attracted more than one million people to a single service. He appeared
in China in 1988 – for Ruth, this was a homecoming, since she had been born in China
to missionary parents. He appeared in North Korea in 1992.
On October 15, 1989, Graham received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Graham
was the only minister, functioning in that capacity, to receive one.
On September 22, 1991, Graham held his largest event in North America on the Great
Lawn of New York's Central Park. City officials estimated more than 250,000 in
attendance. In 1998, Graham spoke at TED (conference) to a crowd of scientists and
philosophers.
On September 14, 2001, only three days after the World Trade Center attacks, Graham
was invited to lead a service at Washington National Cathedral, which was attended by
President George W. Bush and past and present leaders. He also spoke at the
memorial service following the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995. On June 24–26, 2005,
Billy Graham began what he has said would be his last North American crusade, three
days at the Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in New York City. But on the weekend of
March 11–12, 2006, Billy Graham held the "Festival of Hope" with his son, Franklin
Graham. The festival was held in New Orleans, which was recovering from Hurricane
Katrina.
Graham prepared one last sermon, My Hope America, released on DVD and played
around America and possibly worldwide between November 7–10, 2013, November 7
being his 95th birthday, hoping to cause a revival.
Later Life, Death, and Memorial
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump honor the
late Reverend Billy Graham on February 28, 2018.
Graham said that his planned retirement was because
of his failing health; he had suffered
from hydrocephalus from 1992 on. In August 2005,
Graham appeared at the groundbreaking for his library
in Charlotte, North Carolina. Then 86, he used a walker
during the ceremony. On July 9, 2006, he spoke at the Metro Maryland Franklin
Graham Festival, held in Baltimore, Maryland, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
In April 2010, Graham, at 91 and with substantial vision, hearing and balance loss,
made a rare public appearance at the re-dedication of the renovated Billy Graham
Library.
There had been controversy over Graham's proposed burial place; he announced in
June 2007 that he and his wife would be buried alongside each other at the Billy
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