At the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the Mall on Saturday, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert showed up with a semi-serious message promoting political moderation. As visitors flooded the nation’s capital, wacky characters and witty signage were in abundance.

Photos by Elijah Jordan Turner (cat, rally), Flickr user cliff1066 (Stewart, Colbert), Lawrence Jackson (Obama) Photoillustration by Elijah Mena—The Tech

At the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear on the Mall on Saturday, comedians Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert showed up with a semi-serious message promoting political moderation. As visitors flooded the nation’s capital, wacky characters and witty signage were in abundance. Photos by Elijah Jordan Turner (cat, rally), Flickr user cliff1066 (Stewart, Colbert), Lawrence Jackson (Obama) Photoillustration by Elijah Mena—The Tech