multitudes who have been historically difficult to gauge at the National Mall, but organizers said they expected 100,000 or more people to show for the "Restoration of Honor" rally, controversial for its time and place.
Beck's rally is taking place in front of the Lincoln Memorial in the shadows and the echoes of the address more fundamental civil rights of United States history.
Some of those who marched with King said that Beck had usurped the day for his own political benefit. The Rev. Jesse Jackson told CNN he was imitating King Beck and "humiliate the tradition."
Other civil rights activists will gather near the Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network and the march to the place of the future of Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial, a few blocks from Lincoln Memorial. It is possible participants in both events could cross.
Beck, a hero to many conservative voters around the country, said, however, that the rally is apolitical and its mission is to honor U.S. troops.
"I kind of feel like God dropped a giant sandbox in my head," he said in a speech Friday night, making a spiritual tone for the event on Saturday. "My role is to wake up in America until the retreat of the most important principles and values of God. We are a country of God."
Tea party activists across the country are expected to attend, and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a contributor to Fox News, is scheduled to have a prominent speaking role.
"Tea Party Patriots, our national coordinators, van because our fans around the country by the thousands will be there tomorrow for this event," said Patriots tea National Party Coordinator Jenny Beth Martin CNN.
Beck had been heavily promoting the event in its program of Fox News Channel and radio transmissions. He said the timing of the event was not intentional.
"It was not my intention to select the candidates 8.28 to the Martin Luther King. It is the day he made that speech. I had no idea until they announced," Beck said on his radio show in June, shortly after the announcement of the event.
"Whites do not own Abraham Lincoln. Blacks do not own Martin Luther King. These are the icons of America, the ideas of America, and should only be talking about the character, and that's really what this event is all about. It is honoring character, "Beck said.
Also participating in the "Restoring Honor" rally will Alveda King, niece of the late civil rights leader. King said she has been accused of kidnapping "the dream", but "CNN's Anderson Cooper 360" on the night of Friday, said that "the dream" is in their genes.
"There has to recover the civil rights movement, I am part of the civil rights movement," she said, pointing to the house of his family and church were bombed his father when he was younger. While the NAACP made a prudent balance in relation to the demonstration, there have been plenty of criticism of the event.
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