Glenn Beck remarked during the 8-28 "Restoring Honor" rally that he believed this was the largest attended private event in Washington DC history.My wife and I attended both the 9-12 March on Washington in 2009 and this past weekend's 8-28 rally.  From my subjective analysis, I believe it can be shown that the attendance at the Glenn Beck rally was roughly equivalent to the 9-12 march, which was estimated to be approximately 1.5 million people.  It is possible that the 8-28 rally had the potential to be even bigger.All DC hotels were sold out during both of these events.  On neither of these dates were there any other large events taking place which would have significantly competed for hotel space (other than Al Sharpton's gathering of 3,000 people on 8-28, who I am assuming were mostly locals).  Parking in DC is very limited, and many of the roads in the city were closed off for these events.  Therefore, car and bus access was maxed out.  Most...(Read Full Post)