Celebrating the Success of 8/28 with Glenn Beck
My husband, two oldest sons, and I watched Glenn Beck’s Kennedy Center service on Friday evening, as well as the Restoring Honor rally on Saturday. Both events were very encouraging and inspiring. We loved hearing Dave Roever at the Kennedy Center. My husband and I heard him speak on abstinence when we were teenagers. I knew Chuck Norris would be speaking (homeschooling parent). He was so nervous. It was nice to see video of Glenn Beck’s wife, Tania, on his website. Sarah Palin (mom of soldier) was awesome at the Restoring Honor rally. I loved hearing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece, Dr. Alveda King speak at the rally. She is a strong, brave, pro-life advocate. I appreciated the prayers at the Kennedy Center and the singing at the Lincoln Memorial – both things they were warned about. The bagpipes playing Amazing Grace was touching. It was encouraging to see all the people of different faiths and backgrounds come together.
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Watch Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor (3 hours)
http://www.therightscoop.com/watch-glenn-becks-restoring-honor
You can’t tell from the aerial photos, but people were standing under all those trees, right around the tree trunks. I will update the crowd estimate when Glenn gets the final numbers, but the number is most likely 650,000 people. Wow. (They only had a permit for 300,000, so I hope they don’t have to pay more if they admit there were more people.)
Photos from Restoring Honor Rally
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/44980/
http://www.therightscoop.com/photos-glenn-becks-restoring-honor-rally
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/08/28/GA2010082800047.html
[This must have been exciting:] Geese Fly By Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally
Edited to add this note and two more geese videos:
I LOVED that they said that it was a military flyover (planned by the King of Kings). Before the event, Glenn asked all around for some kind of military representation (cannons, etc.), but everyone refused, so that is why he got the boyscout (which was better anyway.) (Note the kids’ conversation in the second video below.)
Honor Rally Geese Flyover
Geese Fly-Over at beginning of Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor Rally
‘Restoring Honor’: The Day After Wrap-Up & Whitewash
http://michellemalkin.com/2010/08/29/restoring-honor-the-day-after-wrap-up-whitewash/
“Now for some ‘compare & contrast’ as far as cleanliness goes. Here’s the National Mall, post Restoring Honor rally, where hundreds of thousands of anti-environment, non-green, polluting right wingers had been gathered:”
On the Mall after the Restoring Honor Rally
“And here’s the Mall after Obama’s inauguration — the ironic aftermath of a party consisting of a million environmentally conscious progressives who voted in 2008 in part for a cleaner planet in order to fight climate change:”
Random Acts of Citizenship: Pickin’ Up Trash After Inauguration
About The Author
The comments and coverage of this event by the mainstream media and the Canadian journalists were absolutely pathetic. Shame on them.
Both Friday and Saturday events were totally awesome! We were so impressed, inspired, and blessed. The “Royal Canadian Geese” were also (divinely) amazing!