More than 100,000 Americans gathered at the ""Restoring Honor"" rally

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Tens of thousands of conservatives and advocates of the Tea Party movement attend

at the Lincoln Memorial On Saturday, at the ""Restoring Honor"" rally. The event was led by right-wing icons such as Fox News conservative talk show host Glenn Beck. Conservative favorite Sarah Palin joined Beck, telling the tens of thousands who stretched from the marble steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the grass of the Washington Monument that calls to transform the country weren't enough.

"We must restore America and restore her honor," said the former Alaska governor, echoing the name of the rally, Restoring Honor.

Glenn Beck's much larger "Restoring Honor" rally at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. which drew criticism for being held on the 47th anniversary of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Reverend Timothy McDonald of the First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta urges people to prevent "'the radical religious" from attempting to "'redefine history and redefine the freedom movement'". By choosing August 28th for its rally, McDonald believes that right-wing conservatives are misusing the 1963 march "to give [false] credence to their cause" and to distract society from the ideas that Martin Luther King Jr. fought for.

Tom Seaver of Kimball Township, who attended the rally said,

"It's all about restoring the values that our country was founded on, and the sacrifices that our Founding Fathers made. Martin Luther King was mentioned several times as one whose values we should emulate. Every time he was mentioned, there was a tremendous ovation. This was definitely not a racist rally."

Another person Mr. Miller, a resident of Port Huron area who traveled hundreds of miles to join the huge rally said,

"You go to these types of events and somehow, politics enters the picture.No one did that. What they're talking about is restoring the honor of this country, and what we can do as individuals in bringing this country back to greatness."

More than 100,000 Americans gathered at the ""Restoring Honor"" rally

By: Rayatul Islam

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