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MoCoLMP has been busy this spring--read what we've been up to!

March 16–April 16, 2026, at Olney Library, during library hours April 17-May 8, at Wheaton library, 11701 Georgia Ave, Wheaton, MD “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

“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 has recently expanded to include Mr. Peck’s lynching in Poolesville. 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

MoCoLMP's new, expanded exhibit on the three lynchings in 1880s and '90s Montgomery County, MD premieres Sep. 22 in Poolesville, MD.

Located in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, the Reginald F. Lewis Museum celebrates the significant accomplishments and struggles of African...

The official museum of Maryland's African American history, the Banneker-Douglass Museum is in the historic former Mt. Moriah African...

This exhibit memorializes and honors two men who were lynched in Rockville—Mr. John Diggs-Dorsey in 1880 and Mr. Sidney Randolph in 1896....