The Waldo-Hawthorne-Campville-Rochelle Subcommittee of the Alachua County Community Remembrance Project will hold a historical marker installation ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 19, at Veterans Memorial Park at the caboose in Waldo.
The ceremony is open to the public at 10 a.m. at 14705 NE Waldo Road and will commemorate victims of racial terror lynchings in the Waldo, Hawthorne, Campville and Rochelle communities, according to an Alachua County release.
The event is being held in partnership with Alachua County and the Equal Justice Initiative as part of a broader effort to educate the community about racial terror lynchings in Alachua County during the Jim Crow era and advance truth and reconciliation.
“Alachua County is proud to have been a partner in the Truth and Reconciliation Project over the years,” said Carl Smart, Alachua County’s executive liaison for public safety and community relations, in the release. “Programs like this help educate our community, preserve our history and foster healing.”
For more information, contact Smart at 352-231-1649 or csmart@alachuacounty.us, or the Rev. Mary Jackson with the Waldo-Hawthorne-Campville-Rochelle Community Remembrance Project at 352-363-0649 or amirjonna@windstream.com.