47th Annual Rev. Dr. King Birthday Celebration

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By Jennifer L. Warren

BEACON – To Congressman, Pat Ryan, Monday’s brilliant blue, stunningly sunny, mid-January skies were a truly symbolic metaphor for the day’s occasion.

“It is such a heavy moment we are in right now,” said Ryan to the large crowd inside of Beacon’s Springfield Baptist Church. “I’m very grateful the sun made its way out and the leaders of this event decided to continue, as it’s a metaphor for this Martin Luther King Day, one that is especially important, with what’s happening now in the world transcending the political and going to the moral.

Participants in Monday’s 11th Annual Reverend Dr. MLK Jr. Parade, created by Pete Seeger and his wife Toshi, energetically engage in the two block walk on a chilly, sunny morning, promoting the legacy and Dream of Dr. King at the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr 47th Annual Birthday Celebration, held at Beacon’s Springfield Baptist Church.