Catherine Filene Shouse & Wolf Trap National Park
Ken Bigley, Superintendent of Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts, will be presenting on the remarkable life of Catherine Filene Shouse. His talk will cover her family's founding of the Filene department stores in the late 1800s to her purchase of Wolf Trap in 1930, and her subsequent donation of the land and funding to establish the National Park in 1966 - a local gem in nearby Vienna. Ken will also discuss the history and evolution of the park and its role within the broader mission of the National Park Service.