Lynching of Orion Anderson
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Lynching of Orion Anderson
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Orion Anderson (1875–1889) was a 14-year-old African American who was shot then hanged, on November 8, 1889, in Leesburg, Virginia, by a white mob. His murder was the second of three recorded lynchings in Loudoun County, Virginia, between 1880 and 1902. On Juneteenth 2019, a historical marker was placed at the site of the old rail station where he was killed.
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Murder of a Virginia teenager in 1889
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching_of_Orion_Anderson
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2024-04-10T15:46:05Z
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