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    BALTIMORE NATIONAL HERITAGE AREA PRESS RELEASE: A NEW CHAPTER FOR H.L. MENCKEN HOUSE Heritage Area Takes on House Restoration, Opening to Public as Museum Celebrating Life of the “Sage of Baltimore” [Contact: Jeffrey Buchheit 410-878-6411 • jbuchheit@baltimoreheritagearea.org] September 12, 2018 (Baltimore) — The Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA) today entered into a lease agreement with…

  • 13th Mencken Graveside Memorial (2018-01-28 14:00)

    The Mencken Graveside Memorial will once again be conducted by Oleg Panczenko at the Mencken gravesite at Loudon Park Cemetery, 3620 Wilkens Ave, Baltimore, MD. The brief memorial will be held Sunday, January 28, 2018 at 2:00 PM. Attendees are invited to retire to Spirits West, 2601 Wilkens Ave. after the memorial. Loudon Park Cemetery:…

  • 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 To Be President of The Mencken Society

    Darryl G. Hart, distinguished associate professor of history at Hillsdale College (Hillsdale, MI) will succeed Robert Brugger as President of the Mencken Society. Dr Hart will be installed on September 9, 2017, during the Mencken Day 2017 celebration held at the Maryland Historical Society’s France Hall.

  • Mencken Family Grave Site 2016

    This is the Mencken Family Grave Site as of January 22, 2016. The 2016 Memorial Service (conducted January 31) could not be held grave side because the cemetery’s road to the site was under snow and was, instead, conducted from the Funeral Home’s parking lot. Mr Mencken’s ashes are buried under a ledger-style stone visible…

  • Mencken Graveside Memorial 2016

    On Sunday, January 31, Oleg Panczenko and four attendees, one a boy of 5 (not pictured), assembled at the parking lot of the Loudon Park Funeral home to remember Mr Mencken. The road to the Mencken Family grave-site was impassable as groundskeepers gave priority to clearing the roads for scheduled funerals. The ceremony was longer…

  • Mencken Graveside Memorial 2016 Will Be Held

    The Mencken Graveside Memorial 2016 will be conducted tomorrow, Sunday, January 31, 2016 at 2:00 PM from the parking lot in front of the Loudon Park Funeral Home, 3620 Wilkens Avenue.

  • Mencken Graveside Memorial 2016 Update

    The snowfall is over but the clean-up continues. The questions for us are (1) has Loudon Park cleared the paths of the cemetery?; (2) how much snow remains around the Mencken family gravesite?; and (3) is there room to park vehicles? Please check here Friday (01-29) evening.

  • Mencken Graveside Memorial 2016 Rescheduled

    The snow is falling here in Baltimore as predicted. We will assume that the weathermen’s predictions for the amount of snow to fall will be correct and so cancel the memorial scheduled for this coming Sunday (01-24) The Memorial is rescheduled for the following Sunday, January 31, 2016, at 2:00 PM.

  • Mencken Graveside Memorial 2016

    The 11th Annual Service will be held Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 2:00 PM at the Mencken Family Grave site, Loudon Park Cemetery, 3620 Wilkens Avenue, Baltimore. Signs will point the way to the grave-site. After the brief memorial service attendees are invited, as usual, to the Spirits West Country Club, 2601 Wilkens Avenue. Check…