The Together storyline finds its origin at the Cotton Bowl. In 1972, Billy Graham and Bill Bright rallied a generation for the largest evangelistic training in American history, called Explo ’72. Among those in attendance were students from North Dakota who were equipped and unleashed to share Jesus back home. In the years that followed, these same students and leaders planned an outreach at the University of North Dakota that resulted in Nick Hall’s dad first surrendering to Jesus. That event has inspired every Pulse event since, and Explo ’72 was the catalyst for the Together 2016 event on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.