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

Mostly Mothers: The Eternal Maternal Guided Tour

This tour focuses exclusively on women for whom motherhood was central to their identities, their lives, and sometimes their deaths. Women celebrated on this tour may have been biological mothers, [...]

$5

John Philip Sousa Birthday Concert 2024

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

Please join Congressional Cemetery and the Marine Band for a celebration of the life and legacy of John Philip Sousa. The Marine Band plays the music the "March King" composed [...]

Free

American Military Tour

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

Prior to the creation of Arlington National Cemetery, Congressional Cemetery was the preeminent cemetery of national memory. And many veterans of America's earliest wars chose Congressional Cemetery as their final [...]

Event Series Closed to Dogs

Closed to Dogs

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

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 [...]

“Rescue Dogs” by Fred Zirm Poetry Reading Event

Join us at Congressional Cemetery for an afternoon of poetry with Fred Zirm and his book "Rescue Dogs". "Rescue Dogs" explores the multitude of lessons Zirm learned throughout his life [...]

Tombs and Tomes Book Club November (In Person)

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

Science is a force for good in the world—at least usually. But sometimes, when obsession gets the better of scientists, they twist a noble pursuit into something sinister. Under this [...]

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