NATIONAL PARK SERVICE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Foundation Document George Washington Memorial Parkway District of Columbia | Maryland | Virginia December 2014 Contents Mission of the National Park Service 1 Introduction 2 Part 1: Core Components 3 Brief Description of George Washington Memorial Parkway and Associated Units 4 Legislated Park Units Managed by George Washington Memorial Parkway 4 Nonlegislated Park Sites Managed by George Washington Memorial Parkway 5 Part 1 1: Core Components: George Washington Memorial Parkway 6 Brief Description of the George Washington Memorial Parkway and Associated Nonlegislated Park Sites 6 George Washington Memorial Parkway 6 Park Purpose 9 Park Signifcance 9 Fundamental Resources and Values 11 Other Important Resources and Values 12 Interpretive Themes 14 Part 1 2: Core Components: Arlington House, The Robert E Lee Memorial 15 Brief Description of the Unit 15 Park Purpose 16 Park Signifcance 16 Fundamental Resources and Values 17 Other Important Resources and Values 18 Interpretive Themes 19 Part 1 3: Core Components: Clara Barton National Historic Site 20 Brief Description of the Unit 20 Park Purpose 21 Park Signifcance 21 Fundamental Resources and Values 22 Other Important Resources and Values 22 Interpretive Themes 23 Part 1 4: Core Components: Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on the Potomac 24 Brief Description of the Unit 24 Park Purpose 24 Park Signifcance 24 Fundamental Resources and Values 25 Interpretive Themes 25 Part 1 5: Core Components: Theodore Roosevelt Island 26 Brief Description of the Unit 26 Park Purpose 26 Park Signifcance 26 Fundamental Resources and Values 27 Other Important Resources and Values 27 Interpretive Themes 28 Part 2: Dynamic Components 29 Special Mandates and Administrative Commitments 29 Assessment of Planning and Data Needs 30 Analysis of Fundamental and Other Important Resources and Values 30 Identifcation of Key Issues and Associated Planning and Data Needs 30 Planning and Data Needs 32 Part 3: Contributors 48 George Washington Memorial Parkway 48 National Capital Regional Offce 49 Preparers 49 Consultants 49 Appendix A: Enabling Legislation and Legislative Acts for George Washington Memorial Parkway 50 Enabling Legislation for George Washington Memorial Parkway and Nonlegislated Units 50 Enabling Legislation for Arlington House, The Robert E Lee Memorial 55 Enabling Legislation for Clara Barton National Historic Site 56 Enabling Legislation for Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove on The Potomac 58 Enabling Legislation for Theodore Roosevelt Island 60 Enabling Legislation For National Capital Parks Commission 62 Appendix B: Related Federal Legislation, Regulations, and Executive Orders 64 Legislation and Acts 64 Code of Federal Regulations 64 Executive Orders 65 Appendix C: Inventory of Special Mandates and Administrative Commitments 66 Special Mandates and Administrative Commitments 66 Appendix D: Analysis of Fundamental and Other Important Resources and Values 69 George Washington Memorial Parkway - Analysis of Fundamental Resources and Values 69 George Washington Memorial Parkway - Analysis of Other Important Resources and Values 87 Arlington House, The Robert E Lee Memorial - Analysis of Fundamental Resources and Values 106 Arlington House, The Robert E Lee Memorial - Analysis of Other Important Resources and Values 115 Clara Barton National Historic Site - Analysis of Fundamental Resources and Values 120 Clara Barton National Historic Site - Analysis of Other Important Resources and Values 126 Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial - Analysis of Fundamental Resources and Values 129 Theodore Roosevelt Island - Analysis of Fundamental Resources and Values 132 Theodore Roosevelt Island - Analysis of Other Important Resources and Values 135 RIVERBEND 189 PARK R Great ive 495 r Falls Ro ad d R B r s ic ll k a ya F r d Ro 190 ad Great Falls Park C&O CANAL NATIONAL American Legion MARYLAND HISTORICAL Memorial Bridge PARK Exit 40 C a Naval Surface Warfare Center b 495 in (Carderock Division) Jo W h a M n s a h 738 P i r C M k n y a a thur B w l O r cAr oule Clara Barton National Historic Site g a l d Exit 41 vard y t n o d er d o n D ck , o G Cla ra Ba D m e rton .C i o Parkw . n rg a io e y ROCK n to Glen Echo Park w D n Exit 43 r i Pik CREEK v e n e u R 193 Turkey Run Park PARK y Parkway e k Headquarters r u Exit 44 T l l d d a i R n 193 M.D. n o l m VA. u 738 r o R a C F d a e D 495 123 Claude Moore Colonial Farm 123 267 ittle Exit 45 t s mi Run L all Pim G F e Chain Bridge Fort Marcy o rg WASHINGTON, e dary W un anc 123 Exit 46 Br h a 267 bo lf s u h D.C. G ai i b n lum g t o n o C u n 50 of R Francis Scott Key t n c so Memorial Bridge i ld M 7 tr a P si n e ot Theodore Roosevelt Island o m om D D ac o River oric Spout Runria l Hist 29 Parkway Pk 395 wy Exit 72 tunnel way igh Theodore Roosevelt H Lee Memorial Bridge U.S. 66 U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial Capitol Lincoln Washington Netherlands Carillon Memorial Monument 50 Arlington Memorial Bridge Arlington House, Memorial Ave Lady Bird Johnson Park 66 The Robert E. Lee Memorial Women in Military Service LBJ Memorial Grove for America Memorial ARLINGTON NATIONAL on the Potomac CEMETERY 110 Navy and Marine Memorial River Columbia Island Marina Pentagon 50 Gravelly Point Roaches ia Roaches Run Run st co a Waterfowl Sanctuary n A VIRGINIA 395 Ronald Reagan Washington Mile Four National Ru n 1 Airport R Washington Sailing Marina E . V C A .C. I V D . D MD Daingerfield Island R 295 CITY OF 210 ALEXANDRIA 395 495 OXON COVE PARK 95 495 Washington Street C ame Exit 177 ron 495 R Woodrow Wilson 95 un Memorial Bridge Hunting 1 Cr Jones Point Lighthouse Belle Haven Road North Belle Haven Park Belle Haven Marina FORT Dyke Marsh G M FOOTE C e Wildlife Preserve o PARK o u A 95 r n Telephone g t e M V W Food service e 210 O r a Morningside Lane n s T h o Picnic area i n n O 629 T g r B P RO t AD a HARMONY Alexandria Avenue Bridge o CRE Sailing i E K HALL (Stone Bridge) n l Boat ramp American Horticultural M Society at River Farm e m MARYLAND Li tt Hiking le Collingwood Library and o H Museum on Americanism r u i Collingwood n d a t a i l Picnic Area Metro station n o P R g t a n C u r r k H George Washington e e Fort Hunt t w r Memorial Parkway property k o 235 a Park F y y Parkway overlook, pullout, or parking lot FORT 1 Mount Vernon Trail WASHINGTON 235 PARK Potomac Heritage Mount Vernon Riverside Park National Scenic Trail Estate and Gardens DO (no bicycles allowed) G U P E ISC ATA WAY C CRE R EK 0 1 4 Kilometers EE K National Colonial PISCATAWAY PARK 0 1 4 Miles Farm George Washington Memorial Parkway Mission of the National Park Service The National Park Service (NPS) preserves unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations. The National Park Service cooperates with partners to extend the benefts of natural and cultural resource conservation and outdoor recreation throughout this country and the world. The NPS core values are a framework in which the National Park Service accomplishes its mission. They express the manner in which, both individually and collectively, the National Park Service pursues its mission. The NPS core values are: · Shared stewardship: We share a commitment to resource stewardship with the global preservation community. · Excellence: We strive continually to learn and improve so that we may achieve the highest ideals of public service. · Integrity: We deal honestly and fairly with the public and one another. · Tradition: We are proud of it; we learn from it; we are not bound by it. · Respect: We embrace each other’s diferences so that we may enrich the well-being of everyone. The National Park Service is a bureau within the Department of the Interior. While numerous national park system units were created prior to 1916, it was not until August 25, 1916, that President Woodrow Wilson signed the National Park Service Organic Act formally establishing the National Park Service. The national park system continues to grow and comprises 401 park units covering more than 84 million acres in every state, the District of Columbia, American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. These units include, but are not limited to, national parks, monuments, battlefelds, military parks, historical parks, historic sites, lakeshores, seashores, recreation areas, scenic rivers and trails, and the White House. The variety and diversity of park units throughout the nation require a strong commitment to resource stewardship and management in order to ensure both the protection and enjoyment of these resources for future generations. The arrowhead was authorized as the official National Park Service emblem by the Secretary of the Interior on July 20, 1951. The sequoia tree and bison represent vegetation and wildlife, the mountains and water represent scenic and recreational values, and the arrowhead represents historical and archeological values. 1 Foundation Document Introduction Every unit of the national park system is to have a foundational document that will provide basic guidance for planning and management decisions—a foundation for planning and management, or foundation document.