Max’s Ice Cream board by samthegirl

I scream, you scream, we all scream — for justice!

The drama over the closing of Max’s Best Ice Cream in Glover Park reached adorable new heights last week, as fifth graders joined the crusade to save the store from closing by holding a protest. Ruppert Real Estate announced plans to terminate the Joe Biden-approved ice cream joint’s lease in June, giving it instead to Rocklands Barbecue so it may expand.

The Washingtonian has the scoop from the Georgetown Patch:

The latest development comes at the hands of fifth graders, who staged a peaceable protest outside Max’s on Thursday afternoon.

The group of 15, who marched to the store with posters, are students from Benjamin Stoddert Elementary School. “Stoddert Peacebuilders is a group of students at the school who care about making the world a better place by planting ‘seeds of peace’ whenever and wherever possible,” says Steve Dingledine of the Georgetown Patch.

As Georgetown Patch reported, the young protesters chanted “What do we want? Max’s Best! When do we want it? Forever!” while enjoying some ice cream.

Unhappy fans have created a Facebook campaign and Change.org petition to make the case for Max’s, which has been in Glover Park for twenty years. Owner Max Keshani clearly has devoted patrons. After the death of his wife last year, volunteers from his alma mater American University worked at the shop for free.

Watch video of the Stoddert Peacebuilders’ protest, courtesy of the Georgetown Patch.