I wonder if we can agree to set aside bitter partisanship and ideology and just celebrate our great American heritage in a "A Rally to Restore Honor"?
The purpose of the event is advertised thusly:
If not, I wonder if we can discuss some of the themes that will be presented at the rally? The liberal blogs are being pretty critical and disdainful of the gathering.
Dr. Alveda King the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., explains why she's speaking at the Glenn Beck 8/28 rally in Washington this Saturday.
The purpose of the event is advertised thusly:
Throughout history America has seen many great leaders and noteworthy citizens change her course. It is through their personal virtues and by their example that we are able to live as a free people. On August 28, come celebrate America by honoring our heroes, our heritage and our future.
Join the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin and many more for this non-political event that pays tribute to Americas service personnel and other upstanding citizens who embody our nations founding principles of integrity, truth and honor.
Our freedom is possible only if we remain virtuous. Help us restore the values that founded this great nation. On August, 28th, come join us in our pledge to restore honor at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC.
If not, I wonder if we can discuss some of the themes that will be presented at the rally? The liberal blogs are being pretty critical and disdainful of the gathering.
Dr. Alveda King the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., explains why she's speaking at the Glenn Beck 8/28 rally in Washington this Saturday.
Glenn Beck 8/28 rally: It's a matter of honor
By Alveda King / August 26, 2010
New York
n front of the Lincoln Memorial in June, a group of students caught up in a moment of spontaneous patriotism broke into song. But the US Park Police were quick to shush the members of the Young Americas Foundation, saying singing is not allowed at the memorial. The song that was stifled? The Star-Spangled Banner.
At the Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta this July, an official at the memorial to one of the greatest civil rights leaders in the world my Uncle Martin removed a bullhorn from the hands of Father Frank Pavone, an internationally recognized leader of the pro-life movement. We were a group more than 100 strong, in Atlanta to declare that abortion is the greatest violation of civil rights in our day. We brought a wreath to lay at Uncle Martins grave while we prayed, but due to a King Center officials barricade at the gravesite, we werent allowed. The National Park Service said that would constitute a demonstration.
So much for freedom of assembly.
Symbols of liberty
Americans are hungry to reclaim the symbols of our liberty, hard won by an unlikely group of outnumbered, outgunned, underfunded patriots determined not to live in servitude to the British Empire. If we want to sing the national anthem at a memorial to the man who led this fledgling nation out of slavery, and made my people free, we should be able to send our voices soaring to the heavens.
Glenn Becks Rally to Restore Honor this Saturday will give us that chance, and thats why I feel its important for me to be there.
Before the words were out of Mr. Becks mouth announcing the Aug. 28 rally, The New York Times noted that it would be at the same place and 47 years to the day since my Uncle Martin gave his I Have a Dream Speech. When asked why he chose that date in particular, Beck said he had not realized its significance, but in thinking about it, he saw it is an auspicious day to rally for the honor of the American people. He has said, and hes right, that Martin Luther King didnt speak only for African-Americans. He spoke for all Americans, and his words still ring true. . . .
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