Events for January 16, 2026

Butterfield’s Brigade at Mount Olivet Church

Mt. Olivet. United Methodist Church 1500 North Glebe Road, Arlington

Completed just before the Civil War, by the end of the conflict's first year Mount Olivet Church's original structure was reduced to its foundations, variously used and abused by the United States Army as – possibly– a hospital, storehouse, picket post, and stable. Cherrydale neighbor and local historian Michael Schaffner will explore the likely actual […]

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