The Salisbury Lynching Memorial Task Force is a citywide committee dedicated to memorializing the known victims of lynching in Salisbury, MD and promoting community reconciliation throughout Wicomico County. The task force was created in Feb. 2020 by Mayor Jake Day and has since held public meetings, joined grant-funded projects, and made plans to establish a physical marker memorializing the deceased in Spring 2021. 

 

This effort is not new to Wicomico or the Eastern Shore. Prior to the task force's creation, local activists partnered with organizations such as the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) and the Wicomico Truth & Reconciliation Initiative (WTRI) to host candlelit vigils for victims, community soil collections, and other events promoting racial reconciliation in Wicomico County. The Maryland Lynching Memorial Project proudly sponsors this site.