This is what community looks like — coming together to remember and learn from our past, and look with hope to the future. The community remembrance and dedication of the Lloyd Warner memorial marker on November 18 was well attended. The marker not only bears witness to his lynching, but also to the history of similar actions across the country in the period between 1865 and 1950. Many different groups worked together to document Lloyd Warner’s life and death in part to encourage discussion on how to shape our community for the better as it works toward justice and inclusion for all. In the words of Ida B. Wells, which were quoted in the Litany of Remembrance and Renewal that was read at the community gathering, “The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.” Sharing that truth in all its different facets points us toward healing and hope.
All Voices St. Joe 
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