— Billy Graham, writing in his diary on May 9, 1957, six days before the start of his first crusade in New York City. At the time, the odds seemed stacked against Billy the Kid.

BILLY GRAHAM, the most famous preacher in the world, ... 97 – nights, then ended his first New York crusade with a roaring, triumphant rally that drew 125,000 people to Times Square.

BOB ABERNETHY, anchor: A grand finale this weekend for evangelist Billy Graham, who is leading what he says will be his last U.S. crusade at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in New York City.The three ...

Billy Graham’s 1957 crusade began at Madison Square Garden in New York City on this day. Hawaii's governor signs new hotel tax legislation to help cope with climate change Presley Chweneyagae ...

That journey began before any of Graham’s landmark American crusades. Before his breakout campaign in Los Angeles in 1949, there was his Youth for Christ mission to London in 1946. Before his 1957 New ...