Hundreds of Thousands Turn Out for Beck Rally

Posted August 28th, 2010 by "Yawn"

Hundreds of thousands turn out for the “8.28.10 “Restoring Honor” Rally” benefiting military families who exemplify “Faith, Hope and Charity”.

See Foxnews’ live report: http://video.foxnews.com/v/4323633/thousands-turn-out-for-beck-rally/

The media continually hyped it as a political event. Even those at the other rally that day said again and again that it was a mean spirited attempt to denigrate the memory of Martin Luther King, who gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech this day in 1963. Glenn Beck’s wife forced him to wear a bullet proof vest. Outsiders that came to protest were taken aback at how peaceful the “church picnic” atmosphere was and remained to join in the “patriotic” and “spiritual” atmosphere that the crowd and speakers exuded. Even the Smithsonian Museum called to request items from the, as they called it, “historic” event.

So what happened in Washington, D.C. this weekend that caused such mixed reactions? A call to Americans to “Restore Honor” to our lives by bringing “Faith”, “Hope” and “Charity” back to this nation. Also 3 men were honored as heroes who exemplified these traits throughout their lives. Then an astounding thing took place. As Glenn was quoted as saying, “An amazing spiritual moment”, when “240 preachers, pastors, priests, rabbis, imams, you name it lined up on the stage that represent a small, tiny, tiny fraction” of his new “Black Robe Brigade”.

The most poignant moment from the rally was when Alveda King, the niece of the late Martin Luther King, (who though scared to death, refused to wear a bullet proof vest) and Glenn (whose wife begged him to wear a vest) prayed for several moments before her speech.

Sarah Palin spoke as a keynote speaker at the event. According to the washingtonpost.com, “the former Alaska governor said she was speaking not as a politician but as the mother of a combat veteran. Evoking the legacies of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. and former presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, Palin called on Americans to restore traditional values to the country by celebrating those who have fought for the nation’s freedoms.”

“We must not fundamentally transform America, as some would want,” Palin said at Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally in Washington. “We must restore America and restore her honor.”

“Something that is beyond man is happening,” Beck said. “America today begins to turn back to God.” He also later stated that “he didn’t want to make this day about Obama”, instead focusing on “knowing”… “that we all can make a difference.” He mentioned his “40 day and night pledge” but later admitted that he decided not to elaborate at the time because it would make the speech about Obama, rather than the individual. He later remarked in his show that the pledge was based on the Martin Luther King pledge of not bringing disgrace to the cause by being violent and to do everything possible to bring to the fore all that is wrong with the country and to restore our freedoms. This of course refers to our nearing the final 40 days before the election.

Will you take the 40 day and night pledge and help “Restore Hope” to America ?

Watch the announcement trailer: http://youtu.be/AyelsFssm8Y?hd=1.