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On July 1, Tony Cohen left Cataract Commons, a public park in downtown Niagara Falls, New York and walked smartly toward the Rainbow Bridge, which connects New York to Canada. The day was sunny and warm. Clouds dotted the sky, leaving few shadows. A crowd accompanied him, taking pictures, taking in the moments before FreedomWalk2026 reached the destination promised for months...

On Wednesday, July 15, please join MoCoLMP and the Jubilee Singers for a brief remembrance ceremony for the two men lynched in Rockville: Mr. Randolph (July 4, 1896) and Mr. Diggs-Dorsey (July 27, 1880. You are invited to bring a flower or flowers to lay at the marker sites.

A poem about life in the 1930s and '40s in the River Road historic Black community in Bethesda, MD.

MoCoLMP spent the week participating in Juneteenth in Kensington and Scotland/Potomac, and the reopening of the Pleasant View Historical Site.

The “IT HAPPENED HERE: REMEMBERING THREE LYNCHINGS” photo exhibit reveals the forgotten and nearly-erased history that occurred in Montgomery County, MD.

Some 50 people gathered in the City Hall in Key West, Florida, on Juneteenth to celebrate freedom and to honor their rich history.

Founded in 1880, this historic community has worked to keep its community intact. Today, it is thriving.

#FreedomWalk2026 is taking Tony Cohen and his fellow walkers through Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York City, Albany, and Rochester. They will cross into Canada at Niagara Falls on July 1 and end the walk in Toronto on July 4. The statue of Harriet Tubman will accompany them all the way.

New historic marker is unveiled on May 11 at the Edward U. Taylor School for Black children in Boyds, MD/

To celebrate the new Montgomery History Center and the County’s 250th, Montgomery History invites Montgomery County artists to submit work to their inaugural art exhibit titled, "MoCo at 250: Then and Now."

MoCoLMP’s fearless founder Tony Cohen will set off on May 4 on his trek to Canada following the trail of the Underground Railroad.

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

Learn about slavery, Jim Crow, and the resilience of the historic Black communities that came out of this history in Montgomery County, MD.

A historic Black community in Montgomery County, Maryland Hawkins Lane, Bethesda, MD. Photo by Neile Whitney 2025. Driving up Hawkins Lane in Chevy Chase, Maryland, still gives a sense of what this small kinship community must have been like in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This kinship community was founded by James H. Hawkins in 1893, when he bought three acres of land that had in until 1867 belonged to a white farmer named James Hawkins. Residents in the late 20t

MoCoLMP was delighted to be invited to speak with the producers, cast and audience of the production “Appropriate,” at the Olney Theatre.

Martinsburg is the only historic black community in Maryland that still has a church, school, and Lodge Hall.

A walk from Maryland to Canada to explore the impact of the Underground Railroad.

Jason Green talks about his new book at People's Book A standing-room-only crowd filled People’s Book in Takoma Park on February 23, to celebrate Jason Green’s Too Precious to Lose-A Memoir of Family, Community, and Possibility . Jason, a Montgomery County native, has served on the County Commission on Remembrance and Reconciliation since its inception. He has long been a strong partner of MoCoLMP, which organized the event. Jason told stories from the book, from growing up o

This legislation calls for a deep dive on “the history, operations, and resident deaths” at the facility and the wooded area that was its cemetery. That site includes about 300 gravestones and cinder blocks that mark where some of the Black boys were buried from the 19th into the 20th centuries.

MoCoLMP will be highlighting our county’s 250th with a rich array of events