A statue of Billy Graham was added to the U.S. Capitol on behalf of North Carolina.
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Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnsonNov 11, 2026The sources show a bronze Billy Graham statue was installed in National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol on behalf of North Carolina, unveiled May 16, 2024, replacing the Charles Aycock statue. The post's word "just" describes the 2024 addition as recent, but the claim itself, that the statue was added on behalf of North Carolina, is confirmed.
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… To these brave heroes, we say the words that none of us can ever say enough. Thank you. Thank you for your service to our country. The late Reverend Billy Graham used to share a story about American valor. Many years ago. He's passed now. We just, in fact, added his statue to the Capitol on behalf of his home state of North Carolina. But many years ago, he visited a veterans hospital, as he often did. Reverend Graham would go from bed to bed, talking and praying with the wounded patients there. And. …
Speaker Mike Johnson@SpeakerJohnson · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. The AP reported a bronze statue of Rev. Billy Graham was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol in National Statuary Hall, recognizing his roots in North Carolina, with Speaker Mike Johnson attending.[1]
Supports. The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Visitor Center both list the Graham statue in the Capitol collection, given by North Carolina to the National Statuary Hall Collection in 2024.[2][3]
Supports. The Congressional Record for May 15, 2024 records Rep. Rouzer marking the statue as North Carolina's new representation in the U.S. Capitol, the first new statue from the state since 1932.[4][5]
Context. The statue was added in May 2024, not in the post's present, so the post's "just" is a timing framing rather than a fact the sources contradict. The claim's core (a Graham statue added on behalf of North Carolina) holds regardless.[1][4]
Sources
5 sources: 1 fact-checker, 4 primary
- 1The late Rev. Billy Graham is immortalized in a statue unveiled at the US Capitolapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Billy Graham Jr. Statue, U.S. Capitol for North Carolina | AOCaoc.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 3Reverend William Franklin “Billy” Graham, Jr.visitthecapitol.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
- 4Congressional Recordcongress.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 5Dedicating the Reverend Billy Graham Statue in the US Capitolrouzer.house.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
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