Robert LewisMemorial Walk
Michael will be attending the annual Robert Lewis Memorial Walk on June 2, 2025. We will be remembering the life of Robert Lewis, who was lynched 133 years ago on June 2, 1892. We will follow in the footsteps of the mob that dragged Lewis through the streets of Port Jervis. Along the way there will be discussion about key points along the route. We conclude at the location where the tree once stood, now marked by a NYS Historical Marker. Michael will be happy to entertain questions and discussions about the lynching. If you haven’t read his award winning account of the lynching, you can get your copy through this website or any other online book seller.
Monday June 2, 2025
Meeting at 4:30 PM
in front of Port Jervis City Hall
2023 AWARD - TRUE CRIME
2023 AWARD - TRUE CRIME
Lynched by a Mob has earned top awards in true crime! The book won a gold medal in the true crime category of the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards, also known as the IPPY Awards. The 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Awards also awarded the book a gold medal in true crime.
MAY 2025
MICHAEL WILL GRADUATE FROM SUNY EMPIRE STATE UNIVERSITY!
Lynched by a Mob on C-SPAN!
You can watch Michael’s program, Lynched by a Mob, on C-SPAN American History TV. The program was recorded on September 8, 2023, at the D&H Canal Historical Society in High Falls, NY
June 2, 2024. A great group of people joined together to commemorate the life of Robert Lewis, and to ensure that the injustice he suffered is never forgotten.
Join us Monday June 2, 2025, for the remembrance.
2023 APHNYS Annual Conference
Michael attended the 2023 Association of Public Historians of New York State in Ithaca, New York. He was one of the session presenters and spoke about the 1892 lynching of Robert Lewis.
