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DESCRIPTION:Registration not required\, but encouraged for this FREE event.
  Register for the event here.\n\nHonoring the Memory\, Career\, and Bequest
  of Henry Louis Mencken.\n\nPhoto caption: Mencken and his niece Virginia i
 n the backyard at 1524 Hollins St. Mencken was 39\, at the cusp of his grea
 test decade. During the 1920s\, the New York Times suggested that he was th
 e most powerful private citizen in America.\n\nThe Mencken Room is open to 
 the public from 10 a.m to 5 p.m.\n\n10:30 a.m.\, Mencken Society Annual Mee
 ting (Zoom Meeting only)\nJoin Zoom Meeting\nhttps://marylandlibraries.zoom
 .us/j/94098251189?pwd=YVUyMk5ycDJvaTFobmNaNUF1Y3I0dz09\nMeeting ID: 940 982
 5 1189\nPasscode: 259455\nOne tap mobile\n+13017158592\,\,94098251189#\,\,\
 ,\,*259455# US (Washington DC)\n+14703812552\,\,94098251189#\,\,\,\,*259455
 # US (Atlanta)\n\n2p.m. The 2021 Mencken Memorial Lecture (Zoom Webinar and
  Facebook Live)\nPlease click the link below to join the webinar:\nhttps://
 marylandlibraries.zoom.us/j/98593821027?pwd=cWJBVG1Ia3lQbU1mT1JGTnEvNWwvQT0
 9\nPasscode: 579327\nOr One tap mobile : \n    US: +13017158592\,\,98593821
 027#\,\,\,\,*579327#  or +16465588656\,\,98593821027#\,\,\,\,*579327# \nOr 
 Telephone:\n    Dial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your curre
 nt location):\n        US: +1 301 715 8592  or +1 646 558 8656  or +1 651 3
 72 8299  or +1 786 635 1003  or +1 267 831 0333  or +1 312 626 6799  or +1 
 470 250 9358  or +1 470 381 2552  or +1 646 518 9805  or +1 669 900 9128  o
 r +1 720 928 9299  or +1 971 247 1195  or +1 213 338 8477  or +1 253 215 87
 82  or +1 346 248 7799  or +1 602 753 0140  or +1 669 219 2599 \nWebinar ID
 : 985 9382 1027\nPasscode: 579327\n    International numbers available: htt
 ps://marylandlibraries.zoom.us/u/aytMr4E4c\n\nThe 2021 Mencken Memorial Lec
 ture will be presented by Michael Downs. A former newspaper reporter\, Mich
 ael Downs is the author of three books\, including most recently the novel\
 , The Strange and True Tale of Horace Wells\, Surgeon Dentist. He directs t
 he 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.\n\nASL interpretation will be available for att
 endees.
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SUMMARY:Mencken Day 2021
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