Day of Peace held in Beardstown

Chants of "Stop the Genocide" filled the air as members of the Congolese Community were escorted by the Beardstown Police Department and the Cass County Sheriff's Department to Art Zeeck Park.

Day of Peace held in Beardstown

The Congolese Communty held a Day of Peace on Saturday, July 6 in Beardstown. 

Men, women and children walked from JBS, on Arenzville Road, to Art Zeeck Park in downtown Beardstown, holding signs and waving the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) flags.