Historical Marker Stands Near Site of Poolesville Lynching
A new marker in Poolesville tells the story of a lynching in the late 1800s. It is the first historical marker in the county for a racial lynching, according to… Read More
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Silver Spring Gallery Opening Exhibit to Raise Awareness of Lynchings in Montgomery County
A new exhibition at the Kramer Gallery in Silver Spring starting Wednesday, Nov. 2. will look to raise awareness of lynchings that took place in Montgomery County in the 1880s.… Read More
Downtown Rockville Public Art Focuses on Lynchings in County’s Past
During November, the Montgomery County Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission urges residents to reflect on the county’s past, including the fact that at least three men were lynched here 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
Hogan Grants Posthumous Pardons for 34 Lynching Victims; 3 in Montgomery County
Gov. Larry Hogan issued posthumous pardons for 34 victims of racial lynchings in Maryland, including three victims who were killed around the Montgomery County area. “My hope is that this… Read More
Riemer Calls for Investigation of Silver Spring Man Found Hanging from Tree in 1986
Montgomery County Councilman Hans Riemer is calling for an independent investigation of the death of Keith Warren, who in 1986 was found dead, hanging from a tree in a wooded… Read More
Lynching Victim Is Honored With Soil Collection Ceremony in Poolesville
The Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project collected soil Sunday at the site of a lynching of a 22-year-old African American man in 1880 as part of the Equal Justice Initiative… Read More