Events

Please Note

The cemetery is closed to dogs every Saturday from
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

The cemetery is closed to dogs every Saturday from
11:00 AM to 3:00 PM

  • Plot Twist: Yoga in the Cemetery

    Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States

    Join the teachers of St. Mark's Yoga Center for Plot Twist: Yoga at the Cemetery. This Vinyasa yoga class will be accessible to yogis of all levels! We will move [...]

  • Death Doula Days

    Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States

    This Saturday’s topic is: Dying while Fat. Our special drop in guest will be Isabella Carr, Founder, Deathfat Doula. Yes, our topic’s use of the word “Fat” may be surprising but it is deliberate.

  • Sunday Stroll Guided Tour

    Join us for a guided tour of Congressional Cemetery! Over 65,000 people are interred at Congressional Cemetery, ranging from 1807 all the way until the present day. Their story is [...]

    $5
  • Death Doula Days

    Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States

    This Saturday we are having an exciting new offering. We have permission to show the new 2022 award-winning feature documentary "Jack Has a Plan," during our weekly gathering. The filmmaker, Bradley Berman, generously gave us permission for a single screening at Congressional. The "Jack" in the title was Berman's best friend.

  • Mindfulness Among the Monuments

    Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States

    Experience Congressional Cemetery through Mindfulness Immerse yourself in the natural and cultural features of Congressional Cemetery through an outdoor mindfulness tour. Outdoor mindfulness is akin to Shinrin-yoku, or forest bathing, [...]

  • Tombs & Tomes Book Club September (In Person)

    Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States

    Tombs 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!).

  • Tombs & Tomes Book Club September (Virtual)

    Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States

    Tombs 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!).

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