Lynching of Orion Anderson

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.