Upcoming Events:
Save the Date:
George Peck Lynching Memorial Marker Ceremony
Poolesville, Maryland
Sunday, October 22, Time: PM TBD
MoCoLMP will be hold a community ceremony to unveil an historical marker acknowledging the lynching of Mr. George W. Peck in Poolesville. Mr. Peck was lynched by a white mob on January 12, 1880.
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If you are interested in volunteering to help plan this event, please contact email us.
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Continuing Events:
“It Happened in Rockville” Photo and Remembrance Virtual Exhibit
This online exhibit memorializes and honors two men who were lynched in Rockville—Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey in 1880 and Mr. Sidney Randolph in 1896. The exhibit is part of a larger initiative to educate and engage our community in acknowledging the history and legacy of lynching and racial terrorism in Montgomery County, MD. View it here.
Rockville Pilgrimage Walk Route
MoCoLMP, along with the Montgomery County Remembrance and Reconciliation Commission, developed a Pilgrimage Walk to memorialize two young Black men who were lynched in Rockville: Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey in 1880 and Mr. Sidney Randolph in 1896.
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Pilgrimage Walk Route and Information
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Harriet Tubman: The Journey to Freedom
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Tony Cohen, President of the Menare Foundation, Inc., narrates the travel and installation of the statue the Tubman statue, created by sculptor Wesley Wofford, which traveled through Maryland in May 2023, with stops at the Butler School and the Button Farm Living History Center. Watch the video here.