Billy Graham stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial the morning of July 4, 1970, to deliver his message, "The Unfinished Dream," to a crowd estimated between 15,000 and 30,000 people.
Graham was the keynote speaker for Honor America Day’s "nationally televised religious service," according to a Baptist Press story at the time. Total attendance for Honor America Day celebrations near the memorial that day would approach 400,000. Amid the political and emotional chaos of the Vietnam War, Honor America Day was organized to boost the American spirit and "rededicate [Americans] to the responsibilities of America for the unfinished tasks ahead," former President Lyndon B. Johnson said.
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