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The Mount of Olives (also Mount Olivet, Hebrew: הר הזיתים‎, Har HaZeitim; Arabic: جبل الزيتون, الطور‎, Jebel az-Zeitun) is a mountain ridge in East Jerusalem with three peaks running from north to south.^[1] The highest, at-Tur, rises to 818 meters (2,683 ft).^[2] It is named for the olive groves that once covered its slopes. The Mount of Olives is associated predominantly with Jewish and Christian traditions but also contains several sites important in Islam. The mount has been used as a Jewish cemetery for over 3,000 years and holds approximately 150,000 graves.

Standing L to R:

JS: P. Batiste, Treas: J. Small, JW: G. Bell, SW: S. Terrell, Sec: A. Wesson, Tyler: B. Buckley, SS: T. Batiste

Second Row L to R:

U. Washington, B. Duvernay, G. Lane, N. Brumfield, G. Lane, H.Hill, V. Bozeman

Back Row:

SD: I. Jackson, WM: R. Askin, JD: O. Lewis

Mount Olive's 3 Principle Officers