Remembrance and Reconciliation Ceremony Held In Rockville
On Saturday, November 11, the Montgomery County Commission on Reconciliation and Remembrance held a ceremony to honor two of the three Black men lynched in the county in the late… Read More
John Diggs-Dorsey
Ceremony to Honor Victims of Lynching
The Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation will hold a ceremony on Saturday, Nov. 11 in Rockville to honor two of the three known victims of racial terror lynchings in the… Read More
Leaders, Residents Gather in Rockville to Remember Victims of Lynching
The Montgomery County community gathered Sunday in Rockville to memorialize two Black men who were lynched in the late 1800s. John Diggs-Dorsey was lynched in 1880 and Sidney Randolph in… Read More
Remembrance Walk, Soil Collection Ceremony Memorialize Two Victims Lynched in Rockville
In the late 1800s, two Black men were lynched in the Rockville area. On Sunday, leaders and residents joined a remembrance walk and soil collection ceremony to memorialize John Diggs-Dorsey… Read More
Gaithersburg Event Remembers Racial Lynchings in Montgomery County
A discussion on the racial lynchings that took place more than a century ago in Montgomery County will be held on Sept. 14 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the… Read More
Commission Remembers County Residents Lynched More Than a Century Ago
The Montgomery County Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation remembers two county residents killed in July more than 100 years ago by lynch mobs and who never had their day in… Read More
5 Things to Know Today, Feb. 2, In Montgomery County
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 2. On this day in 1862, slavery was abolished in Washington D.C.; on this day in 1914, Ernest Just, one of the first Black scientists to… Read More
Lynchings in Rockville are Subject of Two-Day Virtual Discussion
A two-part virtual discussion on the lynchings in Rockville that took place more than 100 years ago will be held July 21 and 22. Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project, Montgomery… Read More