Editing Mount Vernon, Illinois (section)

==Arts and culture==
Mount Vernon is home to the [[Cedarhurst Center for the Arts]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cedarhurst.org/|website=Cedarhurst|access-date=September 25, 2014|title=Cedarhurst Center for the Arts}}</ref> a 90-acre visual and performing arts institution. Cedarhurst celebrates the arts year-round with visual and performing arts programs for the public. The Cedarhurst Craft Fair<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cedarhurst.org/index.php?page=craft-fair|website=Cedarhurst Craft Fair|access-date=September 25, 2014|title=CedarHurst|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006115401/http://www.cedarhurst.org/index.php?page=craft-fair|archive-date=October 6, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> is held yearly in early September on the grounds. In addition to its programs on property, the Mitchell Museum is located on the Cedarhurst grounds.

The city is host to an event the first Saturday of each month from April through October called Market Days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://enjoymtvernon.com/catablog-items/mt-vernon-market-days/|website=Mount Vernon Market Days}}</ref> This is an open-air market held near downtown and is similar to a craft fair or flea market.

There is also the Jefferson County Historical Museum and Village located within incorporated Mount Vernon. The Museum and the Village reflect life in Jefferson County from the mid 19th century to more recent years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jchs.mvn.net/|website=Jefferson County Historical Society|access-date=September 25, 2014|title=Jefferson County Historical Village, Museum & Society; IL|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225061629/http://www.jchs.mvn.net/|archive-date=February 25, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The C.E.Brehm Memorial Public Library, a [[Carnegie Library]] built in 1905, is a source of information to the community and is located downtown.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtvbrehm.lib.il.us/|website=CE Brehm Memorial Library|access-date=September 25, 2014|title=Welcome to C.E. Brehm Library Online — CE Brehm Memorial Public Library|archive-date=October 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102357/http://www.mtvbrehm.lib.il.us/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Beatles guitarist George Harrison bought a guitar from Fenton's Music store in Mt. Vernon in 1963 while he was visiting his sister in nearby Benton, Illinois. The guitar sold at auction for $657,000 in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Beatles-Rickenbacker-Guitar-Bought-in-Illinois-Fetches-657K-259725751.html|title = Beatles Rickenbacker Guitar Bought in Illinois Fetches $657K at Auction  |date = May 19, 2014|access-date = January 19, 2015|website = NBC Chicago|publisher = NBC}}</ref>