According to The Briefing Room, Electrosonic Systems Inc. (Electrosonic) has supplied an array of projectors and screens for the just-opened Billy Graham Library located in the headquarters of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Charlotte, North Carolina. Electrosonic was subcontracted by ITEC Productions of Orlando, Florida, which designed and produced all the facility’s multimedia and exhibits.
Visitors to the new library, which is housed in a 40,000-square foot complex in the form of a red dairy barn, follow “One Man’s Journey” from the pastures and gravel roads of North Carolina to the big tents and arenas of America’s largest cities to stadiums and broadcast media across the globe. Displays of historical backdrops alternate with multimedia theaters showing events and milestones of Billy Graham’s lifelong mission.
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If I were a follower of Billy Graham I would be horrified and embarrassed at the theme-park quality of the new “library.” (I attended the opening last May.) The talking cow is only the cheesiest part of the experience there which engages in substantial historical revisionism. As I wrote in my review of the establishment: think Cracker Barrell meets Hall of Presidents and you’ll get a good idea of what to expect. There’s a detailed discussion of the library in my recently released book, The Prince of War: Billy Graham’s Crusade for a Wholly Christian Empire.
Cecil - very sorry to hear your impressions about the library. My family has great respect for Dr. Graham as both my husband’s parents came to Christ while watching him explain the plain gospel on tv in the 60’s. We are now 3 generations of the fruit of his labors.
If you like I can correct the typo in the title of your book.