Prayer March 2020: Tens Of Thousands Attend March In Washington, DC

Tens of Thousands Attend Prayer March 2020: See Crowd Size Photos & Turnout

By Stephanie Dube Dwilson

On Saturday, September 26, Franklin Graham led the Prayer March 2020 from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Eastern starting at the Lincoln Memorial. How many people attended the nearly two-mile march in Washington, D.C.? Estimates ranged from tens of thousands to 50,000. Here’s a look at crowd size photos and videos from the event.

About 55,000 people said they planned to attend the march, WUSA 9 reported. Here’s a video from the event, showing the crowd where Michael W. Smith led a song. Sean Feucht, a musician who attended the event, said in his post that there were more than 50,000 in attendance.

The Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission estimated the crowd at 50,000:

Today's #PrayerMarch2020 draws 50,000 plus to the #WashingtonDC National Mall ..thank you #FranklinGraham pic.twitter.com/qFT2n1hw31

— FERLC (@FloridaERLC) September 26, 2020

Here’s another video showing the crowd:

The march started at the Lincoln Memorial, proceeded around the Washington Monument, and ended at the U.S. Capitol, according to the Prayer March website’s map. The webpage describes the march as a prayerful event and not a political event designed to support any particular party:

The march was about 1.8 miles long.

North Mississippi is represented at Prayer March 2020 in Washington DC Hundreds of thousands are praying for the nation. Thanks to Robbie Gillespie for the photos and video #wcbinews#PrayerMarch2020 pic.twitter.com/yVL7oHljM6

— WCBI News (@WCBINEWS) September 26, 2020

The march’s website notes: “Participants are expected to follow applicable health and safety protocols, including the use of social distancing and a face mask, while in public and to monitor government orders that may impact travel. Anyone with symptoms consistent with COVID-19 should refrain from participating in person.”

Photos and videos from the march indicate that quite a few people were not wearing masks and no one was social distancing, despite the advocation to do so on the website.

Jerry Prevo of Liberty University shared this video showing buses filled with people attending the event:

This photo shows the crowd filling the National Mall:

LIVE: If you watch the Mainstream Media, you probably have no idea this is happening.

Just a Live Shot of believers from all 50 states praying for our nation on The Mall in Washington DC pic.twitter.com/ougaaH5uKb

— Major Patriot (@MajorPatriot) September 26, 2020

You can see the crowd at the National Mall in this photo too, shared by Phil Bryant on Twitter.

Enjoying the @Franklin_Graham #PrayerMarch2020 for our nation. Only God can heal our land. 🙏🏼🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/A35twEwVyb

— Phil Bryant (@PhilBryantMS) September 26, 2020

The National Park Service no longer provides official crowd estimates of events that take place. They stopped releasing estimates ever since a dispute about how many attended a Million Man March in 1995. The Park Service was threatened with a lawsuit when they estimated 400,000 showed up to the Million Man March, while organizers believed that one million were there. After that, they stopped publicly releasing estimates.

In the video below, you can see people marching along the National Mall. The U.S. Capitol was the final destination.

Singing hymns and praises to the Lord as they peacefully march along the National Mall during today’s Prayer March. Watch live at https://t.co/7K4vqWXCXE. pic.twitter.com/yNC06KugtE

— BGEA (@BGEA) September 26, 2020