LGBTQ+ Pride Month Walking Tour
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin docent Jeffrey Rollins for an LGBTQ tour of Historic Congressional Cemetery in honor of Pride month. HCC is the only known cemetery in the world with a dedicated LGBTQ section. Find out who is buried here and DC’s role in the history of the LGBTQ rights movement! Please come prepared with comfortable clothing and shoes, [...]
Sunday Stroll in the Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesDocents may pick their favorite stories or give a specialized tour, rather than giving a standard broad look at the cemetery's history. Join us for a grab bag of history and lore! Our Sunday tours will begin at 1 pm, and will be an informal look at the history of Congressional Cemetery. Please be aware [...]
PRO Crew: Swales
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesPreservation & Restoration Opportunities (PRO) Crew Conservation Service Day Sign up for this hands-on experience to participate in restoration projects throughout the Cemetery, learn techniques in preservation, and help to save this treasured place. Projects will consist of various repair projects such as gravestone cleaning, stabilizing, resetting, and landscaping. Sign up here: signup.com/go/rNwkgNK
Cinematery – Dinner and a Movie: Frankenstein
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesTo volunteer, visit: https://signup.com/go/mzLdqwY and sign up for your spot today!
Sunday Stroll in the Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesDocents may pick their favorite stories or give a specialized tour, rather than giving a standard broad look at the cemetery's history. Join us for a grab bag of history and lore! Our Sunday tours will begin at 1 pm, and will be an informal look at the history of Congressional Cemetery. Please be aware [...]
Tomes & Tombs VIRTUAL Book Club
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesTombs and Tomes is Congressional Cemetery's book club. We meet every other month in our historic Chapel (unless otherwise noted), and we discuss primarily non-fiction books. Our book selections have no rhyme and reason; however, our choices tend to stray towards the macabre, as is natural for a cemetery book club. Our very first meeting was in September 2013 and we chose to read Stiff, by Mary Roach (pictured here with Doug Graves, Congressional Cemetery's mascot and NOT a real skeleton!). It's free to join, and mostly free to attend. For each meeting, we simply ask that you bring either a $5 donation or a bit of food or wine to share with the group. Extra points for brownies! Interested in learning more? Read our January 2014 blog post about Tombs and Tomes, or request to join our Goodreads group. Still interested? Email Sarah for more info and to RSVP for a meeting.
Tomes & Tombs Book Club
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesTombs and Tomes is Congressional Cemetery's book club. We meet every other month in our historic Chapel (unless otherwise noted), and we discuss primarily non-fiction books. Our book selections have no rhyme and reason; however, our choices tend to stray towards the macabre, as is natural for a cemetery book club. Our very first meeting was in September 2013 and we chose to read Stiff, by Mary Roach (pictured here with Doug Graves, Congressional Cemetery's mascot and NOT a real skeleton!). It's free to join, and mostly free to attend. For each meeting, we simply ask that you bring either a $5 donation or a bit of food or wine to share with the group. Extra points for brownies! Interested in learning more? Read our January 2014 blog post about Tombs and Tomes, or request to join our Goodreads group. Still interested? Email Sarah for more info and to RSVP for a meeting.
Sunday Stroll in the Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesDocents may pick their favorite stories or give a specialized tour, rather than giving a standard broad look at the cemetery's history. Join us for a grab bag of history and lore! Our Sunday tours will begin at 1 pm, and will be an informal look at the history of Congressional Cemetery. Please be aware [...]
PRO Crew: Swales
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesPreservation & Restoration Opportunities (PRO) Crew Conservation Service Day Sign up for this hands-on experience to participate in restoration projects throughout the Cemetery, learn techniques in preservation, and help to save this treasured place. Projects will consist of various repair projects such as gravestone cleaning, stabilizing, resetting, and landscaping. Sign up here: signup.com/go/rNwkgNK
Sunday Stroll in the Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesDocents may pick their favorite stories or give a specialized tour, rather than giving a standard broad look at the cemetery's history. Join us for a grab bag of history and lore! Our Sunday tours will begin at 1 pm, and will be an informal look at the history of Congressional Cemetery. Please be aware [...]