Landscape historian Arleyn A. Levee examines Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.’s impact on Washington, D.C. and its environs, in this Historic New England event co-sponsored with Friends of Fairsted, to be held at Wheelock College, 43 Hawes Street in Brookline beginning with a reception at 6 pm and lecture at 7 pm on Thursday, November 17.  For more than fifty years, Olmsted and his firm designed and advised to help create a capital city of monuments and green space worthy of the modern American nation.  Free, but registration requested.  Email friendsoffairsted@gmail.com to sign up.  Image courtesy of Olmsted National Historic Site.