Exhibit opening reception

"IT HAPPENED HERE, REMEMBERING THREE LYNCHINGS"

Please join us at the library for “IT HAPPENED HERE” exhibit opening reception on September 23 from 6-8 PM in the Maggie Nightingale Meeting Room.

The Opening Reception will be held on Tuesday, September 23, from 6–8 PM and will include an overview on the three lynchings in Montgomery County and a few words about the exhibit itself.  Saturday, Sept. 27, 3-4:30 PM, residents with deep local roots and historical knowledge will lead a panel on historic Black communities in the area.

“IT HAPPENED HERE” was developed by the Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project (MoCoLMP) and reveals the forgotten and nearly-erased history that occurred in our county.  With site markers and photographs, this exhibit traces the paths of the three lynchings: Mr. George Peck in 1880, Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey in 1880 and Mr. Sidney Randolph in 1896.  Mr. Peck’s story begins in Beallsville, takes us the 2 ½ miles to Mr. Peck’s January 10, 1880 lynching in Poolesville and ends at his likely burial spot on the outskirts of town.

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