Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear

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Item sets
Mall Histories
Title
Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear
Date
10/30/2010
Description
On October 30, 2010, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert led a rally on the National Mall. The event was a combination of Stewart’s “Rally to Restore Sanity” and Colbert’s “March to Keep Fear Alive”. The event drew 215,000 people and was thought to be a satire or spoof of events such as Glen Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally. The satirical nature of the rally was a symbol of the normalization of protest on the Mall.
Coverage
2000-present
Event Type
Marches and Rallies