Beck rally Saturday at Lincoln Memorial on anniversary of King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech
By Philip Elliott, APSaturday, August 28, 2010
Beck calls for thousands at DC rally
WASHINGTON — Broadcaster Glenn Beck is calling on thousands to rally Saturday in the nation’s capital on the anniversary of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech and at the same site. Civil rights leaders are protesting the event.
Beck, a Fox News personality and conservative favorite, insists it’s just a coincidence that his “Restoring Honor” rally on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial is overlapping with the 47th anniversary of King’s speech. Potential 2012 presidential candidate Sarah Palin is expected to attend, along with some 100,000 people. City officials had granted a permit for some 300,000.
Beck and other organizers say the aim is to pay tribute to America’s military personnel and others “who embody our nation’s founding principles of integrity, truth and honor.”
