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:And, then, I think that the hour has arrived that this part of the country ought to receive a great visitation, on the coming of our noble brother, Billy Graham, to Louisville, this coming week. He begins the same time, Louisville, I begin in Chicago. So, I’ll be back, through, I—I want to meet him, personally, while he’s here. And some friends is going to introduce me to him. And I’ve been right in the same city, overseas, and many different places, but just, so, we didn’t get to meet each other.<ref>William Branham, 56-0923 - Spiritual Adoption, para. 11</ref>
:And, then, I think that the hour has arrived that this part of the country ought to receive a great visitation, on the coming of our noble brother, Billy Graham, to Louisville, this coming week. He begins the same time, Louisville, I begin in Chicago. So, I’ll be back, through, I—I want to meet him, personally, while he’s here. And some friends is going to introduce me to him. And I’ve been right in the same city, overseas, and many different places, but just, so, we didn’t get to meet each other.<ref>William Branham, 56-0923 - Spiritual Adoption, para. 11</ref>


'''There is no record of any US meetings being cancelled in 1956.'''  The only record of a meeting being cancelled in 1956 was the meeting in Bombay which was cancelled because of riots.  There is a record of a 3 day meeting being cancelled in Waco, TX in 1965.  Additionally, Dr. Graham announced the cancelation of meetings in Dec 1967 as a result of being diagnosed with pnemonia.  Those are the only recorded meetings that were cancelled from 1956-2005 according to the records of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association<ref>http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/bgeachro/bgeachron02.htm Wheaton College - Chronological Listing of Events in the Life of Billy Graham and the History of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association</ref>
'''There is no record of any US meetings being cancelled in 1956.'''  The only record of a meeting being cancelled in 1956 was the meeting in Bombay which was cancelled because of riots and that was before William Branham's comment in April 1956.   
 
There is a record of a 3 day meeting being cancelled in Waco, TX in 1965.  Additionally, Dr. Graham announced the cancelation of meetings in Dec 1967 as a result of being diagnosed with pnemonia.  Those are the only recorded meetings that were cancelled from 1956-2005 according to the records of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association<ref>http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/bgeachro/bgeachron02.htm Wheaton College - Chronological Listing of Events in the Life of Billy Graham and the History of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association</ref>


In 1957, Billy Graham held the longest evangelistic crusade in his life - a '''16-week revival in New York City, where 2.3 million gathered''' at Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium, and Times Square.  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 the 10 years from 1947 through 1956, Billy Graham held 64 crusades.  In the 10 years from 1957 to 1966, Graham held 119 crusades.  And from 1967 until his last crusade in New York City in 2005, he held another 234 crusades, for a total of 417 crusades held during his lifetime.  After 1956, when William Branham said that Billy Graham cancelled his meetings (there is no evidence that this happened in 1956 in which Graham held 3 crusades after his return from an overseas tour).  
In 1957, Billy Graham held the longest evangelistic crusade in his life - a '''16-week revival in New York City, where 2.3 million gathered''' at Madison Square Garden, Yankee Stadium, and Times Square.  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 the 10 years from 1947 through 1956, Billy Graham held 64 crusades.  In the 10 years from 1957 to 1966, Graham held 119 crusades.  And from 1967 until his last crusade in New York City in 2005, he held another 234 crusades, for a total of 417 crusades held during his lifetime.  After 1956, when William Branham said that Billy Graham cancelled his meetings (there is no evidence that this happened in 1956 in which Graham held 3 crusades after his return from an overseas tour).