Norton Bill to Rename Rock Creek Park ‘Rock Creek National Park’ to Have Hearing in House, Thursday

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced that she will testify at a hearing on her bill to rename Rock Creek Park "Rock Creek National Park" before the House Natural Resources Committee's Subcommittee on Federal Lands on Thursday, June 21, 2018, at 10:00 a.m., in 1324 Longworth House Office Building. Rock Creek is the nation's oldest urban park and the third oldest federal park.

"Renaming D.C.'s beloved park ‘Rock Creek National Park' will ensure our residents and the millions of visitors to the nation's capital know it is among the nation's great and historic national parks," Norton said. "My bill will also bring much-needed attention to Rock Creek and help direct funding to improve its trails and waterways."