Mount Vernon in 1944: An All-American Community on Screens Worldwide
Date: 07/16/2025
Time: 06:30 pm-07:30 pm
Location: Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County, Multipurpose Room, 201 N. Mulberry St., Mount Vernon, OH
Organizer: Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County
Cost: Free
Contact and more info:
mvknoxpubliclibrary@gmail.com
https://www.knox.net
About the event:
Once upon a time, Mount Vernon, Ohio was an “All-American Town”.
The U.S. State Department designated is as one, so it must have been true.
They even made a series of films about the city to show residents of other nations what a “typical” American town was like.
No professional actors were employed. Mount Vernon’s residents appeared as themselves…often in their own homes, shops, parks, and workplaces.
So join us as we learn about, watch, and discuss some good, old-fashioned, patriotic propaganda films.
Don’t miss this opportunity to glimpse Mount Vernon as it once was—or at least how it aspired to be.