About Us
LocktoberfestDC is a volunteer-driven event organized and run by volunteers with the National Park Service's Volunteers-In-Parks (VIP) program administered by the Trust for the National Mall. Please consider supporting the organizations that make LocktoberfestDC possible by clicking Support Our Parks.
Our 2024 Volunteers
Tom Haser
Founder
Tom volunteers on the National Mall at the Lockkeeper's House, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial, and the U.S. Park Police Horse Stables and Education Center. He is also the webmaster for LocktoberfestDC.org.
Hava Kantrowitz
I've been volunteering at the Lockkeeper's House since 2023, and I love sharing the hidden corner of DC history represented by our tiny building! I'm excited to nerd out over even more canal and city history at the 3 mile walk this Saturday. Can't wait to see you there!
Ellen Ternes
I volunteer at the Lockkeeper's House. We get visitors from nearby and around the globe who want to know "What is this?" It's fun to see their faces when they learn it used to be surrounded by water
Chia Chang
Chia-Chia is a volunteer on the National Mall through the Volunteers-In-Parks program. She is new to the Lockkeeper's House and can't wait to share it with everyone.
Estevis Velasquez-Flores
Susan Cardwell
Trisha Kurtz
Trisha has been a volunteer for the National Park Service for 10 years. During that time she has volunteered at many of the National Mall's memorials and monuments. Currently, she volunteers at The Lockkeeper's House and The White House and President's Park.
Seth Garner
Karen McNamara
Tom Cavaness
Tom volunteers at the Lockkeeper's House.
Tom Weikert
Scott Szymendara
Scott has been a volunteer with the National Park Service for nearly 10 years and has been telling stories at the Lockkeeper's House since it reopened to the public in 2018. When he's not "on the waterways" he works at the Library of Congress.
Nathan Mathai
Nathan has been a volunteer with the National Park Service at Lockkeepers House since 2022. He thinks the video at the house is one of the best things to see on the National Mall.