Private Memorial Service
To provide privacy for the family, the cemetery will be closed to all dogs and visitors for the duration of our memorial proceedings. Thank You, HCC
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Death Cafe at Congressional Cemetery
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesDeath Cafe is a global movement to encourage discussion about the often-taboo subject of death. These are intimate informal gatherings where we discuss death while eating cake and drinking tea to remind us of comfort and sweetness even in difficult times.
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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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Founding the Federal City: Capital Connections Tour 2025
Established in 1800, Washington, D.C. 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 [...]
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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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Annual Honey Sale
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesOur Annual Honey Sale returns Sunday, September 7th from 11 AM to 1 PM at the main gates. Enjoy a late-summer morning surrounded by history and nature, and take home [...]
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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, [...]
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If These Stones Could Talk
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesPostponed to Sunday, 9/7 Due to Weather Join us at Historic Congressional Cemetery for a special screening of If These Stones Could Talk, a powerful documentary that uncovers a long-buried chapter [...]
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Tombs and Tomes Book Club September (In Person)
Historic Congressional Cemetery Chapel 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesIn 1885 Jane and Leland Stanford cofounded a university to honor their recently deceased young son. After her husband’s death in 1893, Jane Stanford, a devoted spiritualist who expected the [...]
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Private Funeral Service
To provide privacy for the family, the cemetery will be closed to all dogs and visitors for the duration of our funeral proceedings. Thank You, HCC
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Tombs and Tomes Book Club September (Virtual)
Zoom DC, United StatesIn 1885 Jane and Leland Stanford cofounded a university to honor their recently deceased young son. After her husband’s death in 1893, Jane Stanford, a devoted spiritualist who expected the [...]
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Cinematery: Ghostbusters
Historic Congressional Cemetery 1801 E Street, Southeast, Washington, DC, United StatesSOLD OUT Cinematery is back at Historic Congressional Cemetery, bringing classic monster related films to romp through the grounds with Mausoleums and Monsters! Kick off summer on Friday, May 23rd [...]
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