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Billy Graham's 95th birthday party at Grove Park Inn ... my invitation must have gotten lost

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nrk3uE6AxCEr1FPzrU09NCKNeA09YkR0wQ81Ftb9nm2-QnDB-4F4SkE2iU84U2XVBIXbc9-OuZOJ9owl8qyPy7pAgKCRbNodBqA4Mux_EHNeW126LEKrAalAKvNimTMGWAsnUBoDZu0W/s1600/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8nrk3uE6AxCEr1FPzrU09NCKNeA09YkR0wQ81Ftb9nm2-QnDB-4F4SkE2iU84U2XVBIXbc9-OuZOJ9owl8qyPy7pAgKCRbNodBqA4Mux_EHNeW126LEKrAalAKvNimTMGWAsnUBoDZu0W/s400/2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Green Park Inn. July 2013</i></div><br />It's hard to believe that longtime religious figure Billy Graham is turning 95 years old. This religious icon will celebrate his milestone birthday Thursday at a blow-out party for 800 at Asheville's <a href="http://www.groveparkinn.com/">Grove Park Inn</a> in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, not far from his home in Montreat.<br /><br />Many notable people were invited and many others will be there ... real estate magnate Donald Trump, politicians, musicians, and others, as reported by John Boyle in the <i><a href="http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20131103/NEWS01/311030077/?nclick_check=1">Asheville-Times</a></i>. Former Presidents George Bush 41 and 43 were invited but #41 doesn't travel much anymore and #43 had a schedule conflict.<br /><br />It is an invitation-only event. Hmm ... my invitation must have gotten lost in the mail....<br /><br />Photo by Lynn R. Mitchell

Green Park Inn. July 2013 It's hard to believe that longtime religious figure Billy Graham is turning 95 years old. This religious icon ...

Grove Park Inn on Sunset Mountain in Asheville

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUWmP_hTCj5SrXF2Gp0Ac1J-KRiCWEztZJtzvj4ecbtulWjGdi2lRsC076DtokcXyiSI2mjj5uMmwgopZxqVTKYa_SzgufC_4hQQaMWJOC18bH1-Y8h5Nxp0eLVHMjQA5tIWLUyotEIIW/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOUWmP_hTCj5SrXF2Gp0Ac1J-KRiCWEztZJtzvj4ecbtulWjGdi2lRsC076DtokcXyiSI2mjj5uMmwgopZxqVTKYa_SzgufC_4hQQaMWJOC18bH1-Y8h5Nxp0eLVHMjQA5tIWLUyotEIIW/s400/7.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The historic <a href="http://www.groveparkinn.com/">Grove Park Inn</a> on Sunset Mountain in Asheville, NC, is celebrating its 100th year anniversary.<br /><br />It was during the 1880s that Edwin W. Grove, owner and founder of  Grove’s Pharmacy and Paris Medicine Company of St. Louis, Missouri, began  spending his summers in Asheville. A frequent sufferer of bronchitis,  Grove’s doctor had advised that the mountain climate might prove  soothing and beneficial. He came to love the area after spending more  and more of his time in Asheville and became quite involved in the  growth and development of the small city.<br /><br />Grove dreamed of building a resort hotel as early as 1909, but it  wasn’t until 1912 that his dream began to take shape. Workers from all  over the South converged on a grassy mountain slope overlooking the city  and the construction of The Grove Park Inn was under way. Hundreds of  mules, wagons, pulleys and ropes were used to move the massive granite  stones mined from Sunset Mountain, some weighing as much as 10,000 pounds, into place. In an engineering marvel, it only took eleven months and 29 days to complete. <br /><br />Since that time, thousands of visitors have passed through the  resort’s majestic lobby, drawing inspiration from the numerous quotes by  authors, famous and unknown, that adorn its distinctive stone  architecture. <br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7r2h-geP2ZrInE25ddNv_5rkjNDfXGAP-K8DWtu_v1LIhB_dyITy2g76evMjqt5P479V6aQqthrc8givuVEzvyrd6SvM2bGuErJCHy8s_o1L_8rwAMxh5hVTvYD-f8k0nTHGWFHJ_r5C/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7r2h-geP2ZrInE25ddNv_5rkjNDfXGAP-K8DWtu_v1LIhB_dyITy2g76evMjqt5P479V6aQqthrc8givuVEzvyrd6SvM2bGuErJCHy8s_o1L_8rwAMxh5hVTvYD-f8k0nTHGWFHJ_r5C/s400/4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Majestic views of the Blue Ridge Mountains from the front terrace.<br /><br />With its distinctive undulating red  clay tile roof and original Roycroft furnishings and fixtures, The Grove  Park Inn captures the essence of the Arts and Crafts movement.  Throughout its massive lobby, words of inspiration from noted authors  and anonymous sources are etched in stone.<br /><br />The pure mountain air, impeccable service, and unparalleled cuisine  have attracted visitors by the score. At the end of the 20th century, The Grove Park Inn underwent  a major renovation, adding a 40,000-square foot spa and expanding its  outstanding sports complex.<br /><br />The grand opening of the Grove Park Inn in 1913 featured a keynote address by well-known orator William Jennings Bryan.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8X2aVu5NHASrCl0nWWdA6EUR0ee2uvqyGrpiGqez9_ac9ZU1et1jYRHZ_y-Cvl01h7NekiARY1mLIGmRESZ9NDqzFJYa3AkuQ7GfUmxeLca4Cs8FOLsA2Phpn_iqrOAWc3mIfgvuVuxSp/s1600/5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8X2aVu5NHASrCl0nWWdA6EUR0ee2uvqyGrpiGqez9_ac9ZU1et1jYRHZ_y-Cvl01h7NekiARY1mLIGmRESZ9NDqzFJYa3AkuQ7GfUmxeLca4Cs8FOLsA2Phpn_iqrOAWc3mIfgvuVuxSp/s400/5.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Ten U.S. presidents have stayed at the hotel: Calvin Coolidge, Woodrow  Wilson, William Howard Taft, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herbert Hoover,  Dwight Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, George H. W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCaAxHXMrIV5P8wHjVZ1KaJwR-q1xEKBqhMTlqt_8h67TDgQKIuv5EoORbC8BJHfbj-wMuLehHIHgj0g_33Edas75M6VSq9-skdUbj_wQmX04bQ1godoeJWY36M8LH3k6ehrS5G94hCHg/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBCaAxHXMrIV5P8wHjVZ1KaJwR-q1xEKBqhMTlqt_8h67TDgQKIuv5EoORbC8BJHfbj-wMuLehHIHgj0g_33Edas75M6VSq9-skdUbj_wQmX04bQ1godoeJWY36M8LH3k6ehrS5G94hCHg/s400/6.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Exiled Philippine government leaders were housed in a guest cottage on the property during World War II.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVC3xq-DBRX5_XVW70vObYxaPHh4w3uffAHafHpEb4J6haBD6FgkIy7Mw2HVGcT0YWVdOupLn5I4AhUtsNfDioccJVzNzlyjEIJNxzbwcUwoRJ6XYB2E0z5eAfw8Zc2o7Bwk1zGKe2PkWr/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVC3xq-DBRX5_XVW70vObYxaPHh4w3uffAHafHpEb4J6haBD6FgkIy7Mw2HVGcT0YWVdOupLn5I4AhUtsNfDioccJVzNzlyjEIJNxzbwcUwoRJ6XYB2E0z5eAfw8Zc2o7Bwk1zGKe2PkWr/s400/8.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">SWAC Daughter taking a picture of me taking a picture of her.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhupUWFRmntzLEA6PlYZquQaaHq_olidwRdMzPmWGuq2jk4vbN8NLRgEMyxSkFzEGfxFNaBdaoF74WrYCTa3jJ1rSgADNW_Xe-I2TxShWdn7fex1CHJQSQHtCtpiUbrekGvdhgwMp3SG2/s1600/9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="327" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijhupUWFRmntzLEA6PlYZquQaaHq_olidwRdMzPmWGuq2jk4vbN8NLRgEMyxSkFzEGfxFNaBdaoF74WrYCTa3jJ1rSgADNW_Xe-I2TxShWdn7fex1CHJQSQHtCtpiUbrekGvdhgwMp3SG2/s400/9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Asheville's skyline</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSL6mq_CdE7G63UITyyXl0TZ18Xj4hxAQfNLEaimDANJdZbLPmW1akbaLEnldQL1iUPN_DGePZtq_hqZCpBe0zMkOiKxEKoVSYI23_jtC36174JKRZfUoA3MaECAuqCIHviaEECisrH2QY/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSL6mq_CdE7G63UITyyXl0TZ18Xj4hxAQfNLEaimDANJdZbLPmW1akbaLEnldQL1iUPN_DGePZtq_hqZCpBe0zMkOiKxEKoVSYI23_jtC36174JKRZfUoA3MaECAuqCIHviaEECisrH2QY/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Spa at the Grove Park Inn</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWxiKJ6bJF_Rcsm81Q3VSSEz7UyVP2BdxWPiW2Wn4NPrThSNBGCCQF_tVs6PDCIwJ8OWjufKAn4PEGcGAEKuYvwP_2HKLPbTd6kuEPG7hvbPq3WnBBSIAiFNzPqTcVccvuNiX8Zr1QmEb/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlWxiKJ6bJF_Rcsm81Q3VSSEz7UyVP2BdxWPiW2Wn4NPrThSNBGCCQF_tVs6PDCIwJ8OWjufKAn4PEGcGAEKuYvwP_2HKLPbTd6kuEPG7hvbPq3WnBBSIAiFNzPqTcVccvuNiX8Zr1QmEb/s400/11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_uS_6JXnT_-nWzyA7SCv5oC5-DK9o4NmoiqGj1KEgGWJ1uIiINdD7YUg3fShoq9ZkIMSSkj5VVXp_INXWh-r2Yur_2n5GZwKPXcIXqcid_2n0c6Gl9RbW45XAKINYf0-pSNX1OENs5bD/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm_uS_6JXnT_-nWzyA7SCv5oC5-DK9o4NmoiqGj1KEgGWJ1uIiINdD7YUg3fShoq9ZkIMSSkj5VVXp_INXWh-r2Yur_2n5GZwKPXcIXqcid_2n0c6Gl9RbW45XAKINYf0-pSNX1OENs5bD/s400/12.jpg" width="332" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Never tire of gazing at the layers of North Carolina mountains.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENGH1YA0IaZZx0k6eJOZnMl-CJcrzIi8-9Vmi0GAtGiWXB059D5Irxce-a1JPqhnjmh067oK31-3EepQen6mqR7DMN_r062sPmje28yqRLBGKGUHHKWhHegda_KjmAHTKiiHMqYLbEe4P/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgENGH1YA0IaZZx0k6eJOZnMl-CJcrzIi8-9Vmi0GAtGiWXB059D5Irxce-a1JPqhnjmh067oK31-3EepQen6mqR7DMN_r062sPmje28yqRLBGKGUHHKWhHegda_KjmAHTKiiHMqYLbEe4P/s400/13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbmPZNqRvEI_I8aWbMOjC4SigPfk3GHKkI2_01Vb3AZCslZ4UjgYmCszZ1pyL1Fw1XF1k20emysv57T-cny1KAcAZs0a2sH3wTDa-KSnMfxQKrNaHH-q8Suhwsh1_w_zYX3TVtZz4eopK/s1600/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzbmPZNqRvEI_I8aWbMOjC4SigPfk3GHKkI2_01Vb3AZCslZ4UjgYmCszZ1pyL1Fw1XF1k20emysv57T-cny1KAcAZs0a2sH3wTDa-KSnMfxQKrNaHH-q8Suhwsh1_w_zYX3TVtZz4eopK/s400/14.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The hotel has hosted numerous celebrities over the years including William Jennings Bryan (who spoke at the hotel's opening), Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Elbert Hubbard, John D. Rockefeller, Gen. John J. Pershing, Dean Smith, Jerry Seinfeld, John Waters, David & Amy Sedaris, Mischa Barton, Mike Huckabee, former NC Governor Bev Perdue, Sanjay Gupta, Trey Anastasio, Charles Schwab, Enrico Caruso, Harry Houdini, Al Jolson, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Bobby Jones, Wiley Post, Will Rogers, Bill Tilden, Billy Graham, William Shatner, Don Cheadle, Vijay Kansupada, and many others.<br /><br />F. Scott Fitzgerald stayed at the hotel for two years to write while  his wife was in an asylum in Asheville. The rooms in which he  stayed, Suites 441 to 443, are available for guests. One is furnished exactly  as it was during his stay in the 1930s. Rooms in which famous people  stayed are marked by plaques on the door saying who stayed there and  when.<br /><br />On February 3, 1930, William Howard Taft resigned from the US Supreme Court in the Great Hall Lobby.<br /><br />In 1999, gospel artist Bill Gaither recorded "Mountain Homecoming" in his series of Gaither Homecoming videos and CDs in the Great Hall lobby, including artists Gloria Gaither, Mark Lowry, Larry Gatlin, the Bishops, Stephen Hill, Joy Gardner, and Ben Isaacs.</div><br />Photos by Lynn R. Mitchell<br />Grove Park Inn<br />July 24, 2013

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The historic Grove Park Inn on Sunset Mountain in Asheville, NC, is celebrating its 100th year anniversary. It was during the 1880s that Ed...

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Billy Graham's 95th birthday party at Grove Park Inn ... my invitation must have gotten lost

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