Loudoun County honoring lynching victims with memorial markers

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…

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