Anchorman Glenn Beck gathered hundreds of thousands at the Lincoln Memorial

Anchorman-conservative Glenn Beck from Fox News on August 28 asked the Americans with a speech about national revival. Was joined by former governor of Alaska Sarah Palin.
At a mass rally “Restoring Honor to the Lincoln Memorial on the performance of Beck’s dedicated to the 47-th anniversary of the Martin Luther King’s speech “I Have a Dream”, it is estimated by 300 to 500 thousand people . Senator Michele Bachmann estimates that there were assembled at least a million people.

The meeting lasted over three hours, writes Politico. It consisted of speeches, prayers, singing songs and award the medals. During the rally, which bore more religious than political in nature, the U.S. president Barack Obama has never been mentioned by name.

At the same time held the march of democracy “March on Washington”, under the leadership of Reverend Alfred Sharpton, also dedicated to the memory of Martin Luther King. March gathered much fewer participants than the Republican event.

Both events were treated without collisions. By that time, both parties to “march on Washington” had reached the point of collection of Republicans, they have mostly been gone.