“IT HAPPENED HERE” photo exhibit at the Potomac Library, MCPL
January 16–February 15, 2006, at Potomac Library, 10101 Glenolden Dr., during library hours “IT HAPPENED HERE: REMEMBERING THREE LYNCHINGS” was developed by MoCoLMP and reveals the forgotten and nearly-erased history that occurred in our county. Originally focused on the two lynchings that took place in Rockville, the exhibit now includes Mr. Peck’s lynching in Poolesville. With site markers and photographs, this exhibit traces the paths of the three lynchings: Mr. George Pec
Big Woods Historic Black Community, Dickerson, MD
A short history of the Big Woods historic Black community in Maryland the 1800s.
Sugarland: A Historic Black Community in Montgomery County, MD
The historic Black community of Sugarland, was founded in 1871 in Poolesville, MD.