🌱 Around The World Cultural Food Festival Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary and 11 more events

Hello again Fort Belvoir! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☀️

Coming up on the calendar:

• Mount Vernon Vintage, Antique, & Artisan Market
• Around The World Cultural Food Festival Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary at Oronoco Bay Park
• Aldersgate UMC Homecoming: Celebrating 70 Years at Aldersgate UMC

Today's riddle: Where do bad rainbows go? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Saturday: Partly sunny, with a high of 89 and low of 74 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
• Sunday: Humid; an afternoon t-storm, temps: high: 85, low: 76.
• Monday: Hot; a shower in the morning, with a high of 91 and low of 72 degrees.

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📸 Around Fort Belvoir

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Fort Belvoir

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 15

• Mount Vernon Vintage, Antique, & Artisan Market →
  8717 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria
  8:00 am

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Other local events

Saturday August 29

• Around The World Cultural Food Festival Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary →
  Oronoco Bay Park, 100 Madison St, Alexandria
  9:00 am

Sunday August 30

• Aldersgate UMC Homecoming: Celebrating 70 Years →
  Aldersgate UMC
  10:00 am

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📣 Fort Belvoir Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Wednesday August 19

• Welcome Walks
  Bucknell Elementary School Bucknell Elementary
  4:00 pm
• Open House (School Supply Drop Off)
  Island Creek Elementary School Island Creek Elementary
  4:30 pm

Thursday August 20

• PreK Open House
  London Towne Elementary School London Towne Elementary
  8:30 am
• Virginia Works Job Fair →
  Handley Regional Library, 100 W Piccadilly St, Winchester
  1:00 pm
• Hawk Flight
  Hayfield Secondary School Hayfield Secondary
  4:00 pm

Friday August 21

• Open House/Supply Drop Off
  Newington Forest Elementary School Newington Forest Elementary
  8:30 am

Saturday August 22

• Dawg Days of Summer: Hot Dog Crawl →
  Old Town Winchester, 136 S Loudoun St, Winchester
  12:00 pm

Sunday August 23

• Mawlid MakeSpace
  MakeSpace Franconia Volunteer Fire Department, 6300 Beulah St, Franconia
  5:00 pm

Monday August 24

• Boohoo/Woohoo Parent Breakfast
  Oak View Elementary School Oak View Elementary
  8:45 am

Saturday September 12

• Sunflower Festival 2026 →
  The Homestead Farm at Fruit Hill Orchard and Sugar Shack LLC, 2502 N Frederick Pike, Winchester
  10:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Eurpac Service, Inc. posted a job opening for Retail Merchandiser- Exchange- Ft Belvoir - P/T- 20 hrs per wk in Fort Belvoir. Apply here.
• Circinus LLC posted a job opening for All-Source Intelligence Analyst in Fort Belvoir. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Fort Belvoir here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Mount Vernon

• Not everything that happens "in Alexandria" happened in Alexandria (alexandriabrief.com)

Kingstowne

• Fairfax County Police Renew Appeal In 2006 ‘Marion’ Cold Case Murders (patch.com)

Lorton

• Fairfax County's ‘Paws & Read' program boosts kids' reading skills, pets' adoptability (wtop.com)
• NextDAY Cabinets Alexandria Showroom Expands RTA Cabinet Solutions for Professional Contractors (usatoday.com)
• Studio Zo Pilates Opens New Lorton Location with Infrared Classes and On-Site Child Care (wjla.com)

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Ok Fort Belvoir! 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: Prism (Thank you Mark J. for sending it in!)
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