Leesburg Virginia to honor Lynching Victims
LEESBURG, Va. – Loudoun County leaders are taking steps to acknowledge and confront the injustices of Virginia’s history, as the community commemorates lynching victims from the Commonwealth’s past.
Virginia recorded 98 lynchings in its history, including two in Leesburg. Among the victims are 22-year-old Charles Craven, lynched in 1902, and 14-year-old Orion Anderson, killed in 1889. …