Honor America Day was a rally put together by supporters of President Richard Nixon in 1970 to counter national outrage over the Cambodian invasion and the Kent State University killings. Co-chaired by Bob Hope, the rally took place in Washington, DC on July 4, 1970.[1][2]
Billy Graham gave the keynote address:
Some people saw it as a political pro war rally and protested by jumping in the pool and chanting antiwar slogans.[3]
A live album of the event, titled Proudly They Came...to Honor America was later released.
The columnist Art Buchwald noted, ‘any professional politician knows that when the public sees Billy Graham, Bob Hope and Lawrence Welk on the platform, the Nixon Administration will be the only ones enjoying the fireworks.’