Leo Frank Lynching

Leo Frank Lynching (HMATB)

Location: Marietta, GA 30062 Cobb County
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Country: United States of America
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N 33° 57.041', W 84° 31.008'

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Near this location on August 17, 1915, Leo M. Frank, the Jewish superintendent of the National Pencil Company in Atlanta, was lynched for the murder of thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory employee. A highly controversial trial fueled by societal tensions and anti-Semitism resulted in a guilty verdict in 1913. After Governor John M. Slaton commuted his sentence from death to life in prison, Frank was kidnapped from the state prison in Milledgeville and taken to Phagan's hometown of Marietta where he was hanged before a local crowd. Without addressing guilt or innocence, and in recognition of the state's failure to either protect Frank or bring his killers to justice, he was granted a posthumous pardon in 1986.
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HM NumberHMATB
Series This marker is part of the Georgia: Georgia Historical Society/Commission series
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Marker Number33-1
Year Placed2008
Placed ByThe Georgia Historical Society, the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation, and Temple Kol Emeth
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Thursday, September 4th, 2014 at 9:37am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 729477 N 3759466
Decimal Degrees33.95068333, -84.51680000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 33° 57.041', W 84° 31.008'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds33° 57' 2.46" N, 84° 31' 0.48" W
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Area Code(s)678, 770, 404
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1190-1258 GA-3CONN, Marietta GA 30062, US
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