Mchenry County Honors Martin Luther King Jr. With Interfaith Prayer Breakfast

Dozens of residents who attended Monday morning's interfaith prayer breakfast made one thing clear: The nation will be united when there is liberty and justice for all. The ninth annual event honoring the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. took place Monday at D'Andrea Banquets and Conference Center. The event included a blessing, opening prayer, Buddhist chant, musical selection and a keynote speech from Robert Henderson, a member of the National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of the United States. The event was organized by FaithBridge, a local interfaith nonprofit, and ended with a discussion of "An American Story: Race Amity and the Other Tradition." "Today shouldn't pass like another day.