Jeffrey Buchheit’s presentation on Mencken Day 2016 may be seen and heard on youtube.
Many thanks to Bonnie Jean Schupp for posting this.
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Where Goes the Mencken House?
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On Saturday, September 10, 2016, the Mencken Society held its annual meeting at France Hall of the Maryland Historical Society (MdHS), 201 W Monument St, not the Enoch Pratt Library as usual. The change of location was a temporary due to renovation work being done at the Pratt Library.
Jeffrey Buchheit, Executive Director, Baltimore National Heritage Area (BNHA), presented the goals of the BNHA which included the Mencken House’s “Very Bright Future.” Renovation of the House is to begin December 2017 and conclude August 2018. The House is to be officially reopened on September 12, 2018.
A common motif in the world’s folklore is the “sleeing hero”, a champion who is deeply hibernating until such time as extraordinarily perilous circumstances cause him to awaken and rise up to save his nation.
The Friends, far more modest in their ambitions, will be the sleeping hero of the Mencken House. They will keep tabs on what is and will be going on with the house and will work to ensure that progress follows the correct path.
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What’s Happening With the Mencken House?
Attend the Mencken Day 2016 Celebration to get the official word on what is going on with the Mencken House.
Mencken Day 2016 will be celebrated this year on Saturday, September 10, at France Hall of the Maryland Historical Society, 201 W Monument St.
The day’s events are:
10:00 AM: Doors open.
10:30 AM: The Mencken Society’s Annual Meeting—all are welcome. The main speaker will be Jeffrey Buchheit, Executive Director, Baltimore National Heritage Area, whose topic is “H. L. Mencken House: A Very Bright Future.”
2:00 PM: The 2016 Mencken Memorial Lecture: “Joint Transmission: The Friendship of H. L. Mencken and Blanche Knopf” presented by Laura Claridge.
We hope to see you there.
Spring Cleaning at the Mencken Garden
All are invited to assemble at the Mencken House, 1524 Hollins Street, Sunday, April 3, 2016 at 10:00 AM to get the garden in order.
Baltimore City Unveils Plans For Mencken House
On March 2, 2016, at 6:00 PM in Zella’s Restaurant, 1145 Hollins St, Jeffrey P. Buchheit, Executive Director of the Baltimore Heritage Area Association, Inc. (BHAA), delivered a brief on the City of Baltimore’s plan for the Mencken House. The BHAA will be the manager of the House and will have its offices there.
A plan for the opening and re-use of the house has been presented to the Department of Planning and is currently under review by the City and other interested parties. Once the plan is approved a 10 year lease agreement will be entered into between the BHAA and the City and renovations, overseen by an advisory committee, will begin.
Mencken Graveside Memorial 2016 Will Be Held
The Mencken Graveside Memorial 2016 will be conducted 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
We regret that the memorial scheduled for this coming Sunday (01-24) is canceled
The Memorial is rescheduled for the following Sunday, January 31, 2016, at 2:00 PM.
Mencken Graveside Memorial 2016 (update)
A severe snowstorm is forecast for the upcoming weekend (01-22 to 01-24). The memorial service will be rescheduled if the predictions are correct. A go/no-go message will be posted Friday (01-22) afternoon. Please check here then.
Mencken Graveside Memorial Service 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.
Loudon Park Cemetery: enter at 3620 Wilkens Ave, Baltimore, MD 21229. Note: the Frederick Ave entrance is closed. Enter through the Wilkens Ave entrance.
Location of grave: N 39° 16.693′ W 76° 40.683′ (39.278217°, -76.678050°)
For GPS users: Google maps recognizes geographic coordinates and knows the cemetery’s roads. Note that the Frederick Ave entrance is closed. Split your trip into two parts: leg 1 will be from your origin to 3620 Wilkens Ave, Baltimore, MD; leg 2 will be 3620 Wilkens Ave, Baltimore, MD to 39.278217°, -76.678050°.
Spirits West Country Club: 2601 Wilkens Ave (Cor. Millington Ave), Baltimore, MD 21223. (Make a left turn from Loudon Park onto Wilkens Ave. and drive 1.6 miles. Spirits West will be on your right at the end of Baltimores’s longest block of row houses and across the way from St Benedict’s Church.)
Map to Mencken’s Grave-site