Gospel singer Joe Emerson, along with Lulu Belle and Scotty also performed. Graham was to speak, however, the program began with a gospel sing led by Cliff Barrows, music and program director of the Billy Graham evangelistic team. In the early morning hours of August 5th, threatening clouds gathered before the program began. Normally, the annual all-day gospel sing and fellowship at MacRae Meadows is held in June, but in 1962 the date was changed to August in order to have Rev. Parvin had estimated the crowd at 150,000 and added that “there was a traffic jam from Marion to Blowing Rock,” about 50 miles in length. Then, on Sunday, August 5, 1962, a new record was set at Grandfather Mountain at the 38th annual “Singing on the Mountain.” Monday’s headline on the Greensboro Daily News read, “150,000 Hear Billy Graham.” Before the program began, Hugh Morton, the main promoter for the event, spoke with reporters and said that North Carolina Highway Patrolman Sgt. That record would stand for almost thirteen years. That game would go into the sports history books as one of the greatest in the Carolina – Duke series and the 57,500 fans made up the largest crowd in North Carolina history. It was Saturday, November 19, 1949…a gathering of 57,500 football fans packed Duke Stadium in Durham for the 36th meeting between Duke and UNC. Billy Graham, portrait by Hugh Morton, August 5, 1962. On this first anniversary of his passing, Morton collection volunteer Jack Hilliard remembers one of his record-breaking gatherings in his native Tar Heel state. It was one year ago today, Wednesday, February 21, 2018, that we received the sad news that America’s Pastor, Rev. (Remember that Grandfather Mountain, the scenic tourist attraction which includes the Mile High Swinging Bridge, is a separate entity run by the Grandfather Mountain Foundation.)ĭo you have a favorite Hugh Morton photograph that we can feature during the North Carolina Collection’s #VacationNC virtual summer vacation? If so, please let leave a comment!Īuthor Stephen Fletcher Posted on JCategories Grandfather Mountain, Nature Leave a comment on Virtual vacation Billy Graham at “Singing on the Mountain,” 1962 and we like anniversaries at A View to Hugh. Thirdly, state parks reopened last weekend as part of North Carolina’s first phase of reopening, so you can actually go to the park. Secondly, 2020 marks the tenth full operation year of the Grandfather Mountain backcountry becoming a state park, officially established in the spring of 2009. Why this image? Well, it is beautiful for one. The North Carolina Collection will be participating in this tour, and its tour stop is atop Grandfather Mountain using the above photograph. The North Carolina Collection will be extending this idea through July with a spinoff under the hashtag #VacationNC. A link will lead you to the next stop on the tour that features another image from a different cultural institution. The tour works like this: you travel around the world on a virtual vacation, visiting locations via an image from a museum’s collection. This virtual vacation tour springs from an idea by Eileen Hammond at UNC’s Ackland Museum. One such effort launches today on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram: #MuseumVacation. In these stay-at-home days, cultural institutions are pursuing various avenues to stay engaged with their communities. The date of this photograph by Hugh Morton is unknown. Robert Hartley, longtime former manager of Grandfather backcountry, overlooks a cloud-filled valley at Grandfather Mountain, N.
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