

Montgomery County in the early 1860s
MoCoLMP is naming & mapping enslavers & enslaved in 1860s Montgomery County, MD, and researching their connections to the 110 named historic Black communities that sprang up around them.


MoCoLMP Annual Gathering in Photos
Quilts, history, teachers, and racial covenant research, all happening in Montgomery County, MD.


MoCoLMP Annual Meeting
Please join us on Saturday, April 26 for our annual meeting. Lynda Tredway will show her quilts, and we'll update you on our projects.


Striking Out Racially Restrictive Covenants: A MoCoLMP Hands-On Workshop
Saturday, February 22, 2025 3-4:30 p.m. Brigadier General Charles E. McGee Library (Silver Spring Library) Racially restrictive covenants...


Field trip to Reginald F. Lewis Museum of African American History & Culture
Located in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum celebrates the significant accomplishments and struggles of African...


Housing Segregation in Montgomery County
“From Restrictive Covenants to Redlining: The National History of Housing Segregation” Montgomery History, in partnership with MoCoLMP...


Public Hearing on Montgomery County Lynchings
Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation Commission to Hold Hearing on October 5, 2024 The Maryland Lynching Truth and Reconciliation...


Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey lynching, July 27, 1880
July is the 144th anniversary of the 1880 lynching of Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey in Rockville, MD.
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Are you interested in helping reframe Montgomery County history?
Map plantation sites, collect oral histories, research sites of slave markets, study reparations and more....
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The Work Continues: Remembering is Resistance!
Help us remember. Help us reconcile. Help us create reckoning and promote truth. We invite you to join us as we work to promote truth,...
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MoCoLMP Celebrates!
On Sunday, March 3, over 65 people gathered to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the Montgomery County Lynching Memorial Project’s...
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MoCoLMP's 5th Anniversary Celebration!
When: Sunday, March 3 from 3-5 p.m. Where: Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Rockville, 100 Welsh Park Drive, Rockville, MD...
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Rockville Marker Dedication Photos
See the gallery of images from the dedication of markers remembering lynching victims John Diggs-Dorsey and Sidney Randolph.
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George Washington Peck's Journey of Remembrance (with map)
JANUARY 10, 1880 George W. Peck, a 22-year-old Black man who lived and worked in Beallsville, Maryland, was lynched near this site by a...
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George Washington Peck Marker Dedication a Rousing Success
Rev. Chuck Copeland reads the marker, newly unveiled on Oct. 22, 2023, acknowledging the 1880 lynching of Mr. George Peck.
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Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey: A Conversation
Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey was lynched in Rockville on July 27, 1880. The Conversation Circle will discuss the lasting legacy of this...
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From Darkness to Light: Marker Dedication, Nov. 11 at 2 pm
Join MoCoLMP and our partner, the Montgomery County Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation at the marker dedication ceremony...
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