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5 Things to Know Today in Mount Vernon

Check out these five local facts.

Lisa Picardi, Neighbor

Posted Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 7:36 pm ET|Updated Tue, Jun 7, 2011 at 8:10 pm ET

• President Barack Obama will speak at Northern Virginia Community College’s Alexandria Campus this morning on the importance of training programs for manufacturing jobs.
• The Mount Vernon Farmers Market is open from 8am – 12pm today in the parking lot of the .
• The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for today from 12pm to 8pm.
• The "Perils of the College Drinking Culture" forum will be held from 7pm to 9pm tonight at Mount Vernon High School.
• Today in 1867, renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright was born. One of the homes he designed, the Pope-Leighey House, is located in Mount Vernon.

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