Mencken Day 2019
Honoring the Memory, Career, and Bequest of Henry Louis Mencken.
Photo caption: Mencken and his niece Virginia in the backyard at 1524 Hollins St. Mencken was 39, at the cusp of his greatest decade. During the 1920s, the New York Times suggested that he was the most powerful private citizen in America.
The Mencken Room is open to the public from 10 a.m to 5 p.m.
10:30 A.M., Mencken Society Annual Meeting - Wheeler Auditorim.
2p.m. The 2019 Mencken Memorial Lecture - Wheeler Auditorium.