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On this day in 1907, James Reed was lynched in Crisfield, Somerset County. Read his full story in our archives: mdlynchingmemorial.omeka.net/exhibits/sho...

📷: An article on Reed's lynching in Der Deustche Correspondent, a Baltimore-based German language newspaper.

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We are looking at the east side of a historic pale yellow two-story brick house. A bare tree casts faint shadows on the bricks. The morning sun reflecting on the rippled glass first floor window makes it appear as if a fire is burning inside this 1820s house. The property was used as the headquarters of Union Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin during the Battle of Crampton’s Gap on September 14, 1862. Three days later, the Battle of Antietam began, on September 17, 1862.

Good morning. It is 7:30 am and I love the way morning sun lights up the rippled glass of this historic farmhouse. Such drama! We are looking at the east side of the Hamilton Willard Shafer Farm House in Burkittsville, MD. I still refer to it as the old Motherway place.

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