Der Tag 2017: Schedule of Events


Mencken Day 2017 will be celebrated Saturday, September 9, 2017.

At France Hall, Maryland Historical Society, 201 West Monument Street:

10:30 AM Annual Meeting of the Mencken Society.

Speaker: George W. Liebmann on “Mencken on Church and State.”

2:00 PM The 2017 Mencken Memorial Lecture: “When America Was Great and Baltimore Knew Better,” presented by Darryl G. Hart, author of Damning Words: The Life and Religious Times of H. L. Mencken. A book signing follows the program.

At the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street:

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM The Mencken Room in the Carla D. Hayden Wing of the Central Library is open to the public.

Exhibits:

“H. L. Mencken and the First World War”
“Mencken and the New York Evening Mail”
“Mencken’s A Book of Prefaces”

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2 responses to “Der Tag 2017: Schedule of Events”

    • Forgive the delayed reply. Things happen.

      Mencken Day events are open to the public.

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