Small Town, USA: Mount Vernon, Ohio in the Movies
Date: 04/08/2026
Time: 06:30 pm-08:30 pm
Location: Knox Memorial Theater, 112 E. High Street, Mount Vernon, OH 43050
Organizer: Knox County Historical Society
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 it as one, so it must have been true.
In 1944, 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–newly remastered from archival film.
Don’t miss this opportunity to glimpse Mount Vernon as it once was—or at least how it aspired to be.