Joseph McCoy was lynched by a mob on an Alexandria street corner in 1897. On Thursday, 123 years later, Alexandria held a virtual remembrance and vowed not to forget.
After they cut Joseph H. McCoy down from the lamp post, the coroner ruled that death had come by strangulation. There was a gunpowder burn on his face, three gunshot wounds in his chest, and he had been hit on the head with a cobblestone.
On Thursday, 123 years after the April 23, 1897, lynching, Alexandria held a virtual remembrance, in which Mayor Justin M. Wilson apologized and promised that the city would never forget.“The city had planned a large community gathering at the McCoy lynching site … on April 23,” Audrey P. Davis, director of the Alexandria Black History Museum, wrote Thursday. But because of covid-19 restrictions, a virtual ceremony had to be held.
The mob had tried to seize McCoy a few hours earlier but were beaten back by the police. They returned and overwhelmed authorities, according to newspaper accounts. Police reportedly fired their guns in the air, but it had no effect.Some reports said leading Alexandria citizens were among the mob. Others said civic leaders just urged on the mob. Several residents were arrested and then released. The police were exonerated, with officials saying they had done all they could.
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