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The Last Lynching on the Eastern Shore

Delmarva Public Media | By Don Rush
Published October 9, 2019 at 10:43 AM EDT
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Somerset County Courthouse
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Stairway Where George Armwood Was Dragged from Jail in Princess Anne
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Lumberyard Where George Armwood's Body Was Left
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Somerset Avenue in Princess Anne Where Armwood was Lynching
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Maryland has a truth and reconciliation initiative to confront the some 40 lynchings that took place between the 1850's and the early 1930's. In part 3 Delmarva Public Radio's Don Rush looks at the last lynching on the Eastern Shore that took place in Princess Anne.
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Don Rush is the News Director and Senior Producer of News and Public Affairs at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.
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