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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 (Zoom Meeting only)
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2p.m. The 2021 Mencken Memorial Lecture (Zoom Webinar and Facebook Live)
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The 2021 Mencken Memorial Lecture will be presented by Michael Downs. A former newspaper reporter, Michael Downs is the author of three books, including most recently the novel, The Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells, Surgeon Dentist. He directs the graduate program in professional writing at Towson University, where he teaches courses in creative writing, publishing, and freelance writing. His awards include a literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Beginning in October of this year, he will serve as a Fulbright Scholar in Krakow, Poland.

ASL interpretation will be available for attendees.