Choose Your Own (Corpse’s) Adventure
The one thing we cannot do for ourselves is take care of our body after we’ve died. But that shouldn’t keep us control freaks from telling others what to do! [...]
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Historic Congressional Cemetery Gatehouse 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United States
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Only at Congressional Guided Introductory Tour
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin us for a guided tour of Congressional Cemetery! Over 67,000 people are interred at Congressional Cemetery, ranging from 1807 all the way until the present day. Their stories are [...]
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Closed to Dogs
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesCongressional Cemetery is closed to all dogs each Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for family grave site visits as well as during: Funerals | Private & community events | Federal [...]
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Author Talk with M.L. Rio: An Event with East City Book Shop
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesCome to Congressional Cemetery for an evening with the author M.L. Rio! Saturday, September 28th, 7:00 PM East City Bookshop proudly partners with the Congressional Cemetery to welcome M.L. Rio [...]
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Collaging Memory: A Reflective Writing Workshop on Grief and Remembrance
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesAs part of our Death Awareness programming at Congressional Cemetery, and facilitated by our Death Doula in Residence, join us for a writing workshop by teaching artist and playwright, Mary Hall Surface.
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Death Cafe at Congressional Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesWe welcome you to join us at one of our monthly Death Cafes at Historic Congressional Cemetery. As an active burial ground, Historic Congressional Cemetery is well acquainted with death, [...]
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Law Enforcement Torch Run
Please join us for the 5K Run/Walk on Friday, October 6th. Your support helps us enrich the lives of our wonderful athletes through sports training and competition, health screenings and [...]
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Closed to Dogs
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesCongressional Cemetery is closed to all dogs each Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for family grave site visits as well as during: Funerals | Private & community events | Federal [...]
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Cemetery Speaker Series: Disinterments, Exhumations, and Grave Robbing
Disinterment. Exhumation. Grave Robbing. The words themselves seemingly resonate in our collective consciousness, conjuring images of the silhouettes of misbegotten characters, toting shovels, sneaking into a cemetery on a dark [...]
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Jewish Americans Guided Docent Tour
Washington, DC has always been a place of diversity. Ever since the city's founding in 1790, thousands of different people have lived, worked, and died alongside each other. And while [...]
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Mausoleums and Manuscripts: A Congressional Writer’s Group
Historic Congressional Cemetery Gatehouse 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesIs your motivation to write giving up the ghost? Have you lost your plot, or maybe you need to find one on the grounds? Are the muses as silent as [...]
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Only at Congressional Guided Introductory Tour
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin us for a guided tour of Congressional Cemetery! Over 67,000 people are interred at Congressional Cemetery, ranging from 1807 all the way until the present day. Their stories are [...]
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