All are welcome to join the 2022 Armwood Walk of Remembrance.
Each year, Dr. Michael Lane leads this extraordinary walk off campus and through Princess Anne to the site where George Armwood lost his life to senseless brutality. This is an emotional and transformational journey.
Please join us.
Learn about George Armwood and the experience of terrorism and lynching in Princess Anne in 1933, in this documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kERIFEu_cyE
To join the Walk of Remembrance, meet Dr. Michael Lane:
- Friday, Oct 14, 12 noon
- at the red brick UMES entrance facing Hawk’s Landing and train tracks (Hytche Blvd)
- wear comfortable walking shoes and black/muted clothing; it’s a somber event
- bring bottled water
- the walk is about 2 miles
Here is an audio recording that Dr. Lane made for the 2020 Armwood Walk of Remembrance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1NEa3HQY0U&t=386s
More sources of information about George Armwood:
