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And check out Aldersgate UMC Homecoming: Celebrating 70 Years on the Mount Vernon Patch calendar

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Hey there, Mount Vernon! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

  • Aldersgate UMC Homecoming: Celebrating 70 Years at Aldersgate UMC
  • Televised "Know Before You Vote" Virginia Constitutional Amendments Special Program at Fairfax Public Access
  • Blithe Spirit at Little Theatre of Alexandria

... and check out 4 more events on the calendar!

Today's riddle: What gets bigger the more you take away? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Sunday: A stray afternoon t-shower, with a high of 89 and low of 72 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Monday: Hot with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 93, low: 72.
  • Tuesday: Mostly sunny and hot, with a high of 96 and low of 74 degrees.

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🗓 Events Nearby

    Monday August 31
  • Girls JV Field Hockey @ West Potomac High School
    West Potomac High School West Potomac High
    6:15 pm
  • Girls Varsity Field Hockey @ West Potomac High School
    West Potomac High School West Potomac High
    7:30 pm
    • Tuesday September 1
  • Boys Varsity Cross Country vs West Potomac High School
    West Potomac High School South Run Recreation Center
    5:30 pm
  • Back To School Night
    Stratford Landing Elementary School Stratford Landing Elementary
    6:00 pm
    • Wednesday September 2
  • PTA Back to School Celebration
    Clermont Elementary School Clermont Elementary
    5:00 pm
  • Back to School Night (BTSN)
    Hayfield Secondary School Hayfield Secondary
    5:45 pm
    • Thursday September 3
  • Boys Varsity Golf @ Hayfield High School
    Hayfield Secondary School Pohick Bay Golf Course
    4:00 pm
  • Girls Varsity Golf @ Hayfield High School
    Hayfield Secondary School Pohick Bay Golf Course
    4:00 pm

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  • TransDev posted a job opening for Utility Worker in Lorton. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News

Fort Belvoir

  • Steel and stone: Army Museum's newest exhibit shares untold stories of engineers on 9/11 (militarytimes.com)
  • Public Safety - Week of August 28, 2026 (fairfaxtimes.com)

Franconia

  • County leaders offer tributes to former Community Services Board executive director (ffxnow.com)
  • The Day Dolly Parton Came to Alexandria: Locals Remember Her 1974 Hayfield Concert (thezebra.org)
  • Breakfast links: Former NASA site in Greenbelt joins national wildlife refuge (ggwash.org)

Lorton

Ok Mount Vernon! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A hole (Thank you Netty W. for sending it in!)
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