Mencken Day 2025 will be celebrated at the Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathederal St, on September 13, 2025 (Saturday) starting at 10:30.
10:30 AM Annual Meeting of The Mencken Society at the
Pratt Auditorium. After the Business Meeting Ed Larson
and Darryl Hart will hold a conversation about Mencken
and the Scopes trial. Dr Larson is author of Summer for the
Gods: The Scopes Trial and America’s Continuing Debate
Over Science and Religion (Basic Books, 1997; New after-
word, 2006).
Dr John Barr, professor of history at Lone Star College–
Kingwood, TX, will report on this year’s proceedings in
Dayton.
2:00 PM The 2025 Mencken Memorial Lecture will be pre-
sented by Ed Larson.
Special Event September 12, 2025 (Friday) << Note the Date!
8:00 PM The Mencken Legacy Society will screen the mo-
tion picture Inherit the Wind (1960) at Union Square Park
across the street from the Mencken House, 1525 Hollins
St. The House will be open starting at 6:30 PM.