We 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, [...]
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 [...]
Congressional 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Is 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 [...]
Join 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 [...]
Congressional 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 [...]
Start Time: The 5K begins at 5:30 pm. Registration and packet pickup opens at 4:00 PM. Cost: $35 for the race Not only is this a fun race, but it comes [...]
It's back! In partnership with Just Walk, join us for a Halloween pet portrait in your pup's favorite place! Options for portraits include either dog or family style. Plan to [...]
Established in 1800, Washington DC was the fledgling capital of a fledgling nation. Built to house the seats of federal government, the nation's capital soon became a city in its [...]
Few American cities embody scandal quite like Washington, D.C. As the heart of political power and prestige throughout U.S. history, Washington has been the stage for some of the nation's [...]
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