Niagara Falls-Born Reverend Sylvester Beaman to do Benediction at Biden Inauguration
Photo contributed by Barbara Kindred, Bethel AME Church, Wilmington DE
Reverend Sylvester S. Beaman of the Bethel AME Church of Wilmington Delaware, a family advisor of former Vice-President Joseph R. Biden, has been tapped to give the benediction at the Biden inauguration scheduled for January 20, 2021. The benediction is the closing prayer of the meeting.
Former Navy officer, former Niagara Falls resident and current resident of Wilmington Delaware Barbara Kindred said that Reverend Beaman grew up in Niagara Falls’ north-end Highland community on 22nd Street between Tennessee and Centre avenues. There, he attended what was then the nearby Beech Avenue Elementary – now Henry Kalfas Magnet School.