In what promised to be one of the larger rallies in Washington DC in a while, the “Restoring Honor” rally promoted and hosted by Fox News host Glenn Beck, brought tens of thousands of people to the Lincoln Memorial today. The 8/28 rally will likely go down in the history books as a rally which brought out Sarah Palin, military hero’s, gospel singers, athletes, and other influential Americans.

The rally which Beck billed as a non-political one, was organized to support the nation’s troops, however, it had a political undertone to it. Sarah Palin was there, and gave a speech to the thousands of spectators. Palin took time to praise the troops, as she herself has a son in the military.

Overall the rally went rather well. It lasted an hour longer than the scheduled end time of 1 PM. Sarah Palin even showed that she was in touch with the times, by posting a twitter message while at the rally, saying, “Amazing. We are here. America is beautiful. Washington, DC is filled with extraordinary patriots today to honor our U.S. military.” Both Beck and Palin paid tribute to Dr. Matin Luther King Jr., who on this day, 47 years ago gave his famous “I Had a Dream” speech also at the Lincoln Memorial.