The Alexandria Community Remembrance Project invites the public to a memorial event honoring Joseph McCoy on Thursday, April 23, 2026, at Roberts Memorial United Methodist Church (606 South Washington Street). A reception begins at 6:30 pm, followed by a program from 7–8:15 pm.
Guest speaker Dr. Rodney Sadler, director of the Center for Social Justice and Reconciliation at Union Presbyterian Seminary, will present remarks titled “Governed by Fear and Hate: The Tools of the Supremacist State.” The evening reflects on McCoy’s 1897 lynching and the broader history of racial violence in Alexandria…