we spoke with lisa hayes about the history of the park, the native american piscataway bible lands -- tribal lands. ms. hayes: we are on the banks of the potomac, as you can see. we are directly across from mount vernon. this cat away park is a national park that was signed into legislation by john f. kennedy in 1961. it came about because a , francesoman from ohio payne bolton, a member of the mount vernon ladies association, bought a farm right here where we are standing. 1950's.or sale in the she bought it to prevent it from becoming developed, and then donated the land. the foundation helped lead a partnership of organizations on this area in preserving six miles of shoreline on the potomac river. also involved with the alice foundation, the homeowners who live here in piscataway park, and individuals from the county. piscataway park is nearly 5000 acres. the foundation stewards 200 acres of the park through a corporation with the national park service. there is a section down the road called the creek site, which has a lovely boardwalk. there are some other entry points for pisca

we spoke with lisa hayes about the history of the park, the native american piscataway bible

we spoke with lisa hayes about the history of the park and the native american piscataway tribal landsms. hayes: we are on the banks of the potomac, as c