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Plans Underway for Billy Graham Statue in the US Capitol

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The late Rev. Billy Graham might become a permanent fixture in the US Capitol. 

North Carolina lawmakers have requested the statue of former state Gov. Charles B. Aycock be replaced with one of Graham. 

Each state can place two statues honoring people who are deceased inside the Capitol. In 2015, when Graham was in his late nineties, North Carolina state lawmakers passed legislation calling for the statue of Aycock, who was a segregationist and white supremacist, to be removed and replaced with one of Rev. Graham. 
 
Gov. Pat McCrory then signed the bill into law. Now that Graham has passed away, state representatives are encouraging the Architect of the Capitol to approve the switch. 

 
"Today, as lieutenant governor of North Carolina and president of the North Carolina Senate, I write to encourage you to approve North Carolina's request to replace Gov. Aycock's statue with one of Rev. Graham," Lt. Gov. Dan Forest said in a letter to the Architect of the Capitol.
 
Now that a formal request has been sent, the Joint Committee on Library Action can either accept or deny it.
 
Gov. Aycock's statue currently sits in Statuary Hall. North Carolina's other statue is of Zebulon Baird Vance, who was a Confederate military officer, as well as two-time North Carolina governor and US senator.
 

 

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Abigail Robertson serves as the White House Correspondent for CBN News, where she has worked since 2015. As a reporter, Abigail covers stories from a Christian perspective on American politics and the news of the day. Before her role at the White House, Abigail covered Capitol Hill, where she interviewed notable lawmakers such as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan. During her time on the Hill, Abigail loved highlighting how God is moving in the House and Senate by covering different ministries on Capitol Hill and sharing lawmakers’ testimonies and