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According to Glenn Beck's website, Restoring Honor was a  "non-political event" conceived to pay tribute to the [[United States]] "heroes, our heritage and our future," and to "pledge to restore honor" in America at the steps of the memorial.<ref>http://www.glennbeck.com/828/</ref> The Restoring Honor Rally was also a fundraiser for the [[Special Operations Warrior Foundation]], a charity that provides funds for the surviving children of Special Ops personnel killed in battle.<ref>[[Glenn Beck]]. [http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/35494/ Glenn Beck: Restoring Honor], ''The Glenn Beck Program'', January 25, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.specialops.org/news/35610/Glenn-Becks-Restoring-Honor-Rally-Supports-Special-Ops-Troops-and-Families.htm Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" Rally Supports SOWF], specialops.org, January 25, 2010.</ref> The event prepared for up to 300,000 people,<ref>Lisa Lerer, John McCormick. [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-27/beck-palin-rally-in-washington-drawing-supporters-of-babies-guns-jesus-.html Beck-Palin Rally in Washington Drawing Supporters of `Babies, Guns, Jesus'], ''Bloomberg'', August 27, 2010.</ref> and with the help of supporters was able to raise more than five million dollars for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.<ref>[http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/44821/ Restoring Honor 8/28], August 28, 2010.</ref>

According to Glenn Beck's website, Restoring Honor was a  "non-political event" conceived to pay tribute to the [[United States]] "heroes, our heritage and our future," and to "pledge to restore honor" in America at the steps of the memorial.<ref>http://www.glennbeck.com/828/</ref> The Restoring Honor Rally was also a fundraiser for the [[Special Operations Warrior Foundation]], a charity that provides funds for the surviving children of Special Ops personnel killed in battle.<ref>[[Glenn Beck]]. [http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/35494/ Glenn Beck: Restoring Honor], ''The Glenn Beck Program'', January 25, 2010.</ref><ref>[http://www.specialops.org/news/35610/Glenn-Becks-Restoring-Honor-Rally-Supports-Special-Ops-Troops-and-Families.htm Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" Rally Supports SOWF], specialops.org, January 25, 2010.</ref> The event prepared for up to 300,000 people,<ref>Lisa Lerer, John McCormick. [http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-08-27/beck-palin-rally-in-washington-drawing-supporters-of-babies-guns-jesus-.html Beck-Palin Rally in Washington Drawing Supporters of `Babies, Guns, Jesus'], ''Bloomberg'', August 27, 2010.</ref> and with the help of supporters was able to raise more than five million dollars for the Special Operations Warrior Foundation.<ref>[http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/44821/ Restoring Honor 8/28], August 28, 2010.</ref>

KCCI8 News reported concerning the Restoring Honor Rally,  "A scientific estimate placed the crowd size around 87,000, while media reports varied dramatically from tens of thousands to 500,000."<ref>[http://www.kcci.com/national/on-this-day-august-28/16279278 KCCI8 News - On this day: August 28,  UPDATED 1:00 AM CDT Aug 28, 2014</ref>

KCCI8 News reported concerning the Restoring Honor Rally,  "A scientific estimate placed the crowd size around 87,000, while media reports varied dramatically from tens of thousands to 500,000."<ref>[http://www.kcci.com/national/on-this-day-august-28/16279278 KCCI8 News - On this day: August 28,  UPDATED 1:00 AM CDT Aug 28, 2014]</ref>

==Keynote Speakers==

==Keynote Speakers==

[[Good Morning America|Good Morning America's]] Claire Shipman launched a pre-emptive one-sided attack on the event, including selectively editing clips from the [[conservative]] host. The ABC journalist featured a snippet of Beck asserting, "Blacks don't own Martin Luther King."<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2010/08/27/glenn-beck-slams-abcs-story-something-goebbels-would-do Glenn Beck Slams ABC's Story: 'Something Goebbels Would do'], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', August 27, 2010.

[[Good Morning America|Good Morning America's]] Claire Shipman launched a pre-emptive one-sided attack on the event, including selectively editing clips from the [[conservative]] host. The ABC journalist featured a snippet of Beck asserting, "Blacks don't own Martin Luther King."<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/scott-whitlock/2010/08/27/glenn-beck-slams-abcs-story-something-goebbels-would-do Glenn Beck Slams ABC's Story: 'Something Goebbels Would do'], ''[[NewsBusters]]'', August 27, 2010.

* MP3 audio [http://media.eyeblast.org/newsbusters/static/2010/08/2010-08-27-ABC-GMA-Shipman.mp3 here].</ref> [[ABC|ABC's]] story was out of context so bad that it made Glenn Beck appear like a racist hate monger. Claire Shipman's [[deceit|deceitful]], [[propaganda]]-ish style reporting on ''ABC News'' went so far as to assert that there are angry voices "comparing the [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Party]] to the [[KKK]]," despite the fact that these are two different events in American history, each with completely opposite agendas - both politically and in merit.<ref>The [[Tea Party Movement]] is a grassroots movement for restoring [[Constitutional]] [[Law]] in the [[United States of America]], and to the [[Republic]], for which it stands; moreover, the TEA Party is for justice, equality and individual [[freedom]] for all. Contrarily, the [[KKK]] is a racist, bigoted group of extremists who gained power during an era of [[big government]], when racism was institutionalized by the federal government: see [http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/44465/ How did slavery in America start?].</ref> Glenn Beck exposed ABC News for their deceitful practices.<ref>[http://www.therightscoop.com/glenn-beck-exposes-abcs-propaganda-piece-on-828 Glenn Beck exposes ABC’s propaganda piece on 8/28]</ref>

* MP3 audio [http://media.eyeblast.org/newsbusters/static/2010/08/2010-08-27-ABC-GMA-Shipman.mp3 here].</ref> [[ABC|ABC's]] story was out of context so bad that it made Glenn Beck appear like a racist hate monger. Claire Shipman's [[deceit]]ful, [[propaganda]]-ish style reporting on ''ABC News'' went so far as to assert that there are angry voices "comparing the [[Tea Party Movement|Tea Party]] to the [[KKK]]," despite the fact that these are two different events in American history, each with completely opposite agendas - both politically and in merit.<ref>The [[Tea Party Movement]] is a grassroots movement for restoring [[Constitutional]] [[Law]] in the [[United States of America]], and to the [[Republic]], for which it stands; moreover, the TEA Party is for justice, equality and individual [[freedom]] for all. Contrarily, the [[KKK]] is a racist, bigoted group of extremists who gained power during an era of [[big government]], when racism was institutionalized by the federal government: see [http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/44465/ How did slavery in America start?].</ref> Glenn Beck exposed ABC News for their deceitful practices.<ref>[http://www.therightscoop.com/glenn-beck-exposes-abcs-propaganda-piece-on-828 Glenn Beck exposes ABC’s propaganda piece on 8/28]</ref>

Other [[liberal]] groups claimed that the date to hold the Restoring Honor Rally on 8/28 was "insulting" to King's legacy, although Glenn Beck stated that it was "divine providence" which led to the date of a Restoring Honor Rally.<ref>[http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/42377/ Glenn attacked for 8/28]</ref> In spite of not knowing the true intentions of the rally or what message Restoring Honor is sending to the American people, liberal pundits in the media responded to Beck's "divine providence" by saying, then, that [[God]] has a "very dark sense of humor."<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/theweek/20100826/cm_theweek/206445 Glenn Beck's 8/28 rally: An instant guide], ''[[Yahoo|Yahoo! News]]'', August 26, 2009.</ref>

Other [[liberal]] groups claimed that the date to hold the Restoring Honor Rally on 8/28 was "insulting" to King's legacy, although Glenn Beck stated that it was "divine providence" which led to the date of a Restoring Honor Rally.<ref>[http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/42377/ Glenn attacked for 8/28]</ref> In spite of not knowing the true intentions of the rally or what message Restoring Honor is sending to the American people, liberal pundits in the media responded to Beck's "divine providence" by saying, then, that [[God]] has a "very dark sense of humor."<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/theweek/20100826/cm_theweek/206445 Glenn Beck's 8/28 rally: An instant guide], ''[[Yahoo|Yahoo! News]]'', August 26, 2009.</ref>

Some [[evangelicals]] questioned the propriety of evangelical participation in the rally with Beck, a [[Mormon]].<ref>[http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/27/some-evangelicals-on-defensive-over-partnering-with-glenn-beck-a-mormon/?hpt=C2 Some evangelicals on defensive over partnering with Glenn Beck, a Mormon], from [[CNN]] Belief Blog</ref>

Some [[evangelicals]] questioned the propriety of evangelical participation in the rally with Beck, a [[Mormon]].<ref>[http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2010/08/27/some-evangelicals-on-defensive-over-partnering-with-glenn-beck-a-mormon/?hpt=C2 Some evangelicals on defensive over partnering with Glenn Beck, a Mormon], from [[CNN]] Belief Blog</ref>

==See Also==

==See also==

* [[Restoring Unity Rally]]

* [[Restoring Unity Rally]]

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==External Links==

==External links==

* [http://www.therightscoop.com/watch-glenn-becks-restoring-honor Watch Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally (3 Hours)]  

* [http://www.therightscoop.com/watch-glenn-becks-restoring-honor Watch Glenn Beck's Restoring Honor Rally (3 Hours)]